One must know oneself. Even if that does not help in finding truth, at least it helps in running one's life, and nothing is more proper. - Blaise Pascal
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One must know oneself. Even if that does not help in finding truth, at least it helps in running one's life, and nothing is more proper.
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.
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Wikimedia Commons, unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691[réf. nécessaire]. (Public domain / CC0)
Also Known As
Pen Names:
Louis de Montalte
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Amos Dettonville
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Salomon de Tultie
Alternative Names:
Pascal
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Dettonville
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Paskal Blez
Portrait from Wikimedia Commons. Credit: unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691[réf. nécessaire].. Used under Public domain / CC0. Processed and styled by Quotewise.
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Fascinatio nugacitatis - Pentru ca patima să nu ne vatăme, să trăim ca şi cum n-am avea decât opt zile de trăit.
But Pascal is one of those writers who will be and who must be studied afresh by men in every generation. It is not he who changes, but we who change. It is not our knowledge of him that increases, but our world that alters and our attitudes towards it.
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