The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinit…

Blaise Pascal
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The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason. ✨ Blaise Pascal (2013). Pascal's Pensees, p.80, Simon and Schuster
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The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason. ✨ Blaise Pascal (2013). Pascal's Pensees, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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