Fwd: NP but early echo of P' s anti-Cartesianness

[Markekohut]

> 
> To write against those who made too profound a study of science: Descartes
>                                                           Pensee 76, Pascal
> I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy, he would have been willing to
> dispense with God.But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion;
> Beyond this, he has no further need of God.
>                                                           Pensee 77, Pascal
> 
> Ye olde clockwork universe......