The nature of man may be viewed in two ways: the one according to its … — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

The nature of man may be viewed in two ways: the one according to its end, and then he is great and incomparable; the other according to the multitude, just as we judge of the nature of the horse and the dog, popularly, by seeing its fleetness, _et animum arcendi_; and then man is abject and vile. These are the two ways which make us judge of him differently, and which occasion such disputes among philosophers.

Lugar: SECTION VI · ¶1161
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