Les Pensées 3

Man: Angel or Beast
Man: Angel or Beast from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal, Limited Editions Club, 1971.

An illustration from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloomfield, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm.

III. MAN: ANGEL OR BEAST

“Man is neither angel nor beast, and it is a misfortune that whoever tries to play the angel ends by playing the beast.” —Pensée 257