The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which… — Blaise Pascal

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it.

In the original French

La derniere demarche de la raison est la reconnaitre qu'il y a un infinite de choses qui la surpassent.

Pensees · 1662
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Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 267.
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Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 267.