{"date":"November 23","id":"11-23","intro":["According to Pascal, a man is not even as significant as a speck of star dust in the universe. Pascal’s thoughts on the subject are startling to the modern reader, and they furnish rich food for the imagination."],"minutes":20,"readings":[{"author":"Blaise Pascal","end":36,"start":26,"volume":48,"work":"Thoughts"}],"slug":"november-23","status":"proofread","title":"Less Than Star Dust","url":"/harvard-classics/november-23/","words":4005}