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By Mark Vernon on Tuesday, July 27 2010, 08:10 - Wisdom - Permalink
Have long loved Augustine's thought, taken from Plato: human beings are 'between the beasts and the angels.'
Then, yesterday, I read Pascal's addition: 'Man is neither angel nor beast, and it is unfortunately the case that anyone trying to act the angel acts the beast.'
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