p. 120
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Nothing, then, would prevent him henceforth from living his life, a purely secular life, according to his nature and his habits, without having to ask himself at every moment whether what he had done was displeasing to God or not. And since he was no longer the sinner whose life, as soon as he acted by his own powers, was but sin, he would be able to enumerate separately the sins which he had committed on a particular occasion.

— Bernard Groethuysen

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Nothing, then, would prevent him henceforth from living his life, a purely secular life, according to his nature and his habits, without having to ask himself at every moment whether what he had done was displeasing to God or not. And since he was no longer the sinner whose life, as soon as he acted by his own powers, was but sin, he would be able to enumerate separately the sins which he had committed on a particular occasion." in the context of "p. 120" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Bernard Groethuysen

Bernard Groethuysen (September 9, 1880 - September 17, 1946) was a French writer and philosopher.