We may know that an infinity exists, and, at the same time, its nature may be incomprehensible. Thus, for example, we know it to be false that numbers are finite, and therefore infer that they are infinite. But that infinity itself we do not comprehend. It cannot be even, it cannot be odd; for is we add unity, its nature will not be changed; yet it is a number and every number is either even or odd, every finite number at least. We may, the, know assuredly, that there is a God, though we know not what he is.
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Blaise Pascal's thoughts.
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