_Order._--A letter of exhortation to a friend to induce him to seek. A… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

_Order._--A letter of exhortation to a friend to induce him to seek. And he will reply, "But what is the use of seeking? Nothing is seen." Then to reply to him, "Do not despair." And he will answer that he would be glad to find some light, but that, according to this very religion, if he believed in it, it will be of no use to him, and that therefore he prefers not to seek. And to answer to that: The machine.

Place: SECTION IV · ¶730
License: Public domain · Source
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