Blaise Pascal Quotes

What part of us feels pleasure? Is it our hand, our arm, our flesh, or our blood? It must obviously be something immaterial.

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• What part of us feels pleasure? Is it our hand, our arm, our flesh, or our blood? It must obviously be something immaterial.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Feels
  • Pleasure
  • Immaterial