passer pour ; lit. to pass as; tohe takenfor
esprit fort ; lit. strong mind ; freethinker, The expression is applied especially to those who, in religions matters, affect to set at nought, to place themselves above, the accepted belief. La Bruyère has said : ** Les esprits forts savent-ils qu'où les appelle ainsi par ironie?"
23, incrédule ; lit. un\)elieveT •, atheist, goAless mau.