Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 380 (1669).

We must relax our minds a little; but this opens the door to debauchery. Let us mark the limits. There are no limits in things. Laws would put them there, and the mind cannot suffer it.

— Blaise Pascal on Infinity

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We must relax our minds a little; but this opens the door to debauchery. Let us mark the limits. There are no limits in things. Laws would put them there, and the mind cannot suffer it." in the context of "Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 380 (1669)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Blaise Pascal

About Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.