If the members of natural and civil communities tend towards the weal … — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

If the members of natural and civil communities tend towards the weal of the body, the communities themselves ought to look to another more general body of which they are members. We ought therefore to look to the whole. We are therefore born unjust and depraved.

Place: SECTION VII · ¶1366
License: Public domain · Source
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