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I removed the following section from the article because being pretty knowledgable about Pascal, this is the first I had ever heard his name connected to the social contract. Also the phrase "nothing is more important that" is prejudiced and unencyclopedic. Many people would consider his work on salvation the most important, since, well, salvation equates to an eternal state of bliss that no social contract could ever attain.
I would be happy to reinstate a reworded version if provided with a legitimate source. David Bergan 15:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
"How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!"
I laughed out loud at this! I did in fact almost add an internal link around "excrement", which redirects to "feces". Then I thought better of it via a concern that such might be construed as a tacky form of vandalism. But I was tempted – oh BOY was I tempted! .`^) Paine diss`cuss (^`. 21:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
As per the most basic Wikipolicies, I am removing the majority of this article as it's purely quotations and will place it on the Talk page of Pascal at Wikiquote [ Wikiquote Pascal Talk] for anyone who wants to appropriately incorporate these quotes into the body of the Wikiquote article. See WP:ISNOT; anyone who wants to see the state of the article before I cut the inappropriate material out: [ [1]] Peace and Passion ( talk) 19:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
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I removed the following section from the article because being pretty knowledgable about Pascal, this is the first I had ever heard his name connected to the social contract. Also the phrase "nothing is more important that" is prejudiced and unencyclopedic. Many people would consider his work on salvation the most important, since, well, salvation equates to an eternal state of bliss that no social contract could ever attain.
I would be happy to reinstate a reworded version if provided with a legitimate source. David Bergan 15:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
"How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!"
I laughed out loud at this! I did in fact almost add an internal link around "excrement", which redirects to "feces". Then I thought better of it via a concern that such might be construed as a tacky form of vandalism. But I was tempted – oh BOY was I tempted! .`^) Paine diss`cuss (^`. 21:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
As per the most basic Wikipolicies, I am removing the majority of this article as it's purely quotations and will place it on the Talk page of Pascal at Wikiquote [ Wikiquote Pascal Talk] for anyone who wants to appropriately incorporate these quotes into the body of the Wikiquote article. See WP:ISNOT; anyone who wants to see the state of the article before I cut the inappropriate material out: [ [1]] Peace and Passion ( talk) 19:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)