What is the 'I'? A man at a window sees the passers-by; if I pass by, can I say that he saw me? No; for he did not think of me in particular. But if he loves someone, and I am that someone, then he loves me.
— Blaise Pascal Early Modern

Pascal's Wager, mathematician

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Pensées

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1670 (posthumous)

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Strange & Unusual

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