Blaise Pascal: Citáty anglicky
Blaise Pascal byl francouzský filozof, matematik, fyzik, spisovatel. Citáty anglicky.De l'Art de persuader ["On the Art of Persuasion"], written 1658; published posthumously.
Zdroj: De l'art de persuader
“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.”
Zdroj: Pascal's Pensees
Blaise Pascal Myšlenky
Varianta: People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.
Zdroj: Pensees
“It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly…”
C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
Section I
Variant translation: It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.
On the Spirit of Geometry
“To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.”
Blaise Pascal Myšlenky
Varianta: To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
Zdroj: Pensées
“Little things comfort us because little things distress us.”
Zdroj: Pensées and Other Writings