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Blaise Pascal quotes on dignity

3 verified English passages where Blaise Pascal’ s thought meets questions of dignity.

Blaise Pascal on dignity

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) approaches dignity within Christian philosophy. Human greatness and misery reveal a divided condition; practical reason may wager where demonstrative certainty is unavailable. Systematically, the teaching links faith, reason, probability into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets dignity most directly—useful for searches such as “blaise pascal quotes on dignity.”

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  1. Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed.
  2. All our dignity consists, then, in thought.
    Q0241
    Pensées §347 (Brunschvicg)
  3. Man is visibly made to think; that is his whole dignity and his whole merit.