For Pascal, the Storeys assert, “the ultimate source of our freedom and our greatness lies in thought.” One of Pascal’s most famous Pensées puts it this way:
“Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even…
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