No one is ignorant that there are two avenues by which opinions are received into the soul, which are its two principal powers: the understanding and the will. (Blaise Pascal)

No one is ignorant that there are two avenues by which opinions are received into the soul, which are its two principal powers: the understanding and the will.

Blaise Pascal

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