Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.

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Epigram · Philosophical literature

Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.

In the original French

Notre nature est dans le mouvement; le repos entier est la mort

Blaise Pascal

Pensees · 1662

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Topic

Stillness Taking action Human nature

Genre

Philosophical literature

Medium

Epigram

Time

1662 Age of Enlightenment

Person

Blaise Pascal

Provenance

Current citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 129.

Original citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 129.

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