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and at least will not lose much. But as for those
who bring to the task perfect sincerity and a real desire to meet with
truth, those I hope will be satisfied and convinced of the proofs of a
religion so divine, which I have here collected, and in which I have
followed somewhat after this order...

195. Before entering into the proofs of the Christian religion, I find it
necessary to point out the sinfulness of those men who live in indifference
to the search for truth in a matter which is so important to them, and which
touches them so nearly.

Of all their errors, this doubtless is the one which most convicts them of
foolishness and blindness, and in which it is easiest to confound them by
the first glimmerings of common sense and by natural feelings.

For it is not to be doubted that the duration of this life is but a moment;
that the state of death is eternal, whatever may be its nature; and that
thus all our actions and thoughts must take such different directions,
according to the state of that eternity, that it is impossible to take one
step with sense and judgement, unless we regulate our course by the truth of
that point which ought to be our ultimate end.

There is nothing clearer than this; and thus, according to the principles of
reason, the conduct of men is wholly unreasonable, if they do not take
another course.

On this point, therefore, we condemn those who live without thought of the
ultimate end of life, who let themselves be guided by their own inclinations
and their own pleasures without reflection and without concern, and, as if
they could annihilate eternity by turning away their thought from it, think
only of making themselves happy for the moment.

Yet this et