Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Ils blasphèment ce qu'ils ignorent.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Blasphemy The unknown Ignorance

Author

Blaise Pascal

Source

Pensées

Medium

Epigram

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1662 1660s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. 1662, no. 556

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. Translated by A. J. Krailsheimer. Penguin, 1995, no. 556.

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Long is the way
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Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything.

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The Value of Science
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Poincare, Henri. Valeur de la Science [The Value of Science]. Flammarion, 1904, ch. 11.