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In this work, a discussion of vanity concludes that had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, "the whole aspect of the world would have been altered." Other sections of this work deal with prophecies and proofs, and its author defines reason, custom, and inspiration as the three sources of faith in his treatment of the means of belief. The author "cannot forgive Descartes" for being "useless and uncertain" in his philosophical works, and also muses that "I look on all sides, and I see only darkness everywhere." The author states that he is frightened by "The eternal silence of these infinite spaces," before arguing that "The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know." Its defense of ? God's existence includes a section describing a choice between infinite happiness and infinite misery, known as it's author's namesake wager. FTP, name this unfinished collection of ideas by Blaise Pascal.
In this work, a discussion of vanity concludes that had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, "the whole aspect of the world would have been altered.
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