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Pensées

Blaise Pascal

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 1670
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 175

A mathematician's unfinished notes defend faith to the modern doubter, wagering that against infinite stakes belief is the only sensible bet, and that the heart has reasons reason does not know.

The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.
Pensées, Blaise Pascal

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