What then shall man do in this state? Shall he doubt everything? Shall… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

What then shall man do in this state? Shall he doubt everything? Shall he doubt whether he is awake, whether he is being pinched, or whether he is being burned? Shall he doubt whether he doubts? Shall he doubt whether he exists? We cannot go so far as that; and I lay it down as a fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic. Nature sustains our feeble reason, and prevents it raving to this extent.

Place: SECTION VII · ¶1235
License: Public domain · Source
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