“Word” to the Wise.
10 07 2008Contemn-To regard or treat with disdain or contempt; to scorn; to despise.
- Nor, despite his seeming Jansenist severity, would Pascal contemn such pleasures. Even he, the least therapeutic writer imaginable, admits that diversions can help to heal the beset soul.
– Edward T. Oakes, “Pascal: The First Modern Christian”, First Things, August 1, 1999
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