We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our hea…

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. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics
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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. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1966). Pascal Pensées, Penguin Classics

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