[percy-l] Percy quote
Robert_Pauley at oxy.com
Robert_Pauley at oxy.com
Tue Feb 20 23:41:03 EST 2007
It was Pascal, and it is something close to "man's unhappiness arises
from being unable to sit still in a room alone." I've also heard it to
the effect that "all evil arises from man being unable etc.."
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[mailto:percy-l-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John Desmond
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To: Paul Lister; Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
Subject: Re: [percy-l] Percy quote
Paul:
Pascal said that, but I am not sure where, or whether that is the
exact quotation. It might be in the Pensees.
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