Blaise Pascal quote about mind from Pensées - People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.
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“ People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others. ”
 Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation

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Author Blaise Pascal
Source Pensées
Topic mind reason others self persuasion
Date 1670
Language English
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Note Translated by W. F. Trotter
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm

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“On se persuade mieux, pour l'ordinaire, par les raisons qu'on a soi-même trouvées, que par celles qui sont venues dans l'esprit des autres.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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Blaise Pascal quote about mind from Pensées - People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.
Blaise Pascal quote about mind from Pensées - People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.