Unity joined to infinity adds nothing to it, no more than one foot to … — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Unity joined to infinity adds nothing to it, no more than one foot to an infinite measure. The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice. There is not so great a disproportion between our justice and that of God, as between unity and infinity.

Place: SECTION III · ¶679
License: Public domain · Source
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