Blaise Pascal: Thus he had a double thought: the one by which he acted as king, the other by which he recognized his true state, and th

Thus he had a double thought: the one by which he acted as king, the other by wh — Blaise Pascal

Thus he had a double thought: the one by which he acted as king, the other by which he recognized his true state, and that it was accident alone that had placed him in his present condition.

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