Blaise Pascal:

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 Early Modern

Pascal's Wager, mathematician

Context

Pensées

Date / Period

1669 (posthumous)

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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