We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and reason, which h… - Blaise Pascal

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We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and reason, which has nothing to do with it, tries in vain to refute them.

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About Blaise Pascal

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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The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

We know the truth, not only be the reason, but also be the heart.

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All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves.

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