Next up a loose translation of Pascal’s thoughts:
Ordinary people judge things correctly because they remain in a natural state of ignorance, which is appropriate for a human being. Knowledge has two extremes, and these extremes converge: one is the complete natural ignorance with which a person is born; the other is the point at which great minds, having encompassed all knowledge accessible to humanity, discover that they know nothing, and return to the very ignorance from which they began their journey; but this is a conscious, enlightened ignorance. Those in between these two extremes, who have lost their natural ignorance but have not gained the other, amuse themselves with scraps of superficial knowledge and pretend to be wise. These are the ones who mislead others and make false judgments about everything.
Ordinary people and wise men sustain the flow of life; these others despise it, and are despised in return. They judge all things falsely, while the rest judge correctly.
Thoughts (1657) - Blaise Pascal
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