Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? …

Blaise Pascal
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Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature. ✨ Blaise Pascal (2008). Human Happiness, Penguin Group USA
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Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature. ✨ Blaise Pascal (2008). Human Happiness, Penguin Group USA

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