{"id":2249,"date":"2022-02-24T21:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T21:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2022-02-24T21:27:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T21:27:51","slug":"les-pensees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/les-pensees-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Pens\u00e9es 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-1066x1400.jpg\" alt=\"Futility and Despair\" class=\"wp-image-2213 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-1066x1400.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-761x1000.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-609x800.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-1559x2048.jpg 1559w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-500x657.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-800x1051.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2-1280x1682.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pensees2.jpg 1800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1066px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1066\/1400;\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Futility and Despair from<em>Les Pens\u00e9es<\/em> by Blaise Pascal, Limited Editions Club, 1971.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"mt-2\">An illustration from <em>Les Pens\u00e9es<\/em> by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloom\ufb01eld, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-center\">II. FUTILITY AND DESPAIR<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-2\"> \u201cThe only thing that consoles us for our misery is distraction, and yet it is the greatest of our miseries. For it is mainly responsible for preventing us from thinking about ourselves and for our gradual ruin.\u201d \u2014Pens\u00e9e 128<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An illustration from Les Pens\u00e9es by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloom\ufb01eld, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm. II. 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