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3459 | You can only know the limits of knowledge if you know the other side of the limit [Searle] |
Full Idea: To know the limits of knowledge, we would have to know both sides of the limit. | |
From: John Searle (The Rediscovery of the Mind [1992], Ch. 1.V.6) |
7985 | Pascal says secular life is acceptable, but more fun with the hypothesis of God [Baudrillard] |
Full Idea: What Pascal says, more or less, is that you can more or less content yourself with a secular existence and its advantages, but it's much more fun with the hypothesis of God. | |
From: Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p.155) | |
A reaction: Pascal will be a bit startled when he reads this, but it is a lovely way to present his idea. It suddenly sounds much more attractive. Life would be much more fun if we lived according to all sorts of startling beliefs. Relating your life to God is one. |