But what is nature? For is custom not natural? I am much af… - Blaise Pascal

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But what is nature? For is custom not natural? I am much afraid that nature is itself only a first custom, as custom is a second nature.

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Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.

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Pen Names: Louis de Montalte • Amos Dettonville • Salomon de Tultie

Alternative Names: Pascal • Dettonville • Paskal Blez

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Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point.

No one has ever incurred martyrdom for miracles he claims to have seen; for, in the case of those which the Turks believe by tradition, human folly might go as far as martyrdom, but not for those actually seen.

Jesus is a God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

But what is nature? For is custom not natural? I am much afraid that nature is itself only a first custom, as custom is a second nature. - Blaise Pascal

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