Note 93 — LETTER I.
Thomas M'Crie translation
Distinguo. “I draw a distinction”—a humorous allusion to the endless distinctions of the Aristotelian school, in which the writings of the Casuists abounded, and by means of which they may be said to have more frequently eluded than elucidated the truth. M. le Moine was particularly famous for these distinguos, frequently introducing three or four of them in succession on one head; and the disciple in the test is made to echo the favorite phrase of his master.