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To treat the living body as a mechanism was repugnant, and seemed even ludicrous, to Pascal.
— D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To treat the living body as a mechanism was repugnant, and seemed even ludicrous, to Pascal." in the context of "D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On Growth and Form (1917)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Blaise Pascal" (Quotes about Pascal)
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About Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.
About Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.
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