Les Pensées 6

Symbols
Symbols 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.

VI. SYMBOLS

“Saviour, father, sacrificer host, nourishment, king, sage, legislator, man of sorrows…” —Pensée 524
“The symbol is founded on truth, and truth is recognized by means of the symbol” —Pensée 530