“ We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth. ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
|---|---|
| Source | Pensées |
| Topic | truth value |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
Context
“We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; [Pg 62] we shall die alone. We should therefore act as if we were alone, and in that case should we build fine houses, etc.? We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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Instability. [89] —It is a horrible thing to feel all that we possess slipping away.
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Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.
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Injustice.—That presumption should be joined to meanness is extreme injustice.”
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