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There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in.

Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal
Age: 39 †
Born: 1623
Born: June 19
Died: 1662
Died: August 19
French Moralist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
Statistician
Theologian
Writer
Clarmont-Ferrand
Pascal
Louis de Montalte
Amos Dettonville
Dettonville
Paskal Blez
Two
Reason
Nothing
Equally
Shut
Extremes
Dangerous
Else

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