There is a passage from the Thoughts where Pascal points out that the human being is "the weakest reed in nature". So much so, that it is not necessary for the entire universe to take up arms to crush it: a steam or a drop of water is enough. But even if the universe crushed him, adds the Jansenist, the human being would still be more noble than that which kills him, because we are "thinking reeds" aware of their own mortality. Pascal concludes: "Let us work, therefore, on good thinking: this is the pr

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