And on Psalm lxxviii, 39: "The spirit passeth away, and cometh not aga… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

And on Psalm lxxviii, 39: "The spirit passeth away, and cometh not again"; whence some have erroneously argued against the immortality of the soul. But the sense is that this spirit is the evil leaven, which accompanies man till death, and will not return at the resurrection.

Place: SECTION VII · ¶1286
License: Public domain · Source
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