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Quotation from Pensees by Blaise Pascal

“The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know”

Blaise Pascal

Pensees, Fragment 277, Section IV, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908)

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Pascal's claim that the heart perceives and loves God and first principles in ways argument cannot reach.

Citation: "The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know" — Blaise Pascal, Pensees, Fragment 277, Section IV, trans. W. F. Trotter (1908). (id pensees-q11)

Portrait: Blaise Pascal (1623-1672), unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691 [réf. nécessaire] ., Public domain.

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