Blaise Pascal really was a gambler—at least when he was young. His highly devout parents, according to Antoine Compagnon in his short book “A Summer With Pascal,” were a bit worried when their ...
(The Conversation) — Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago, left a deep and lasting influence on the world that can be felt today. In fact, Pascal’s influence in ...
C.S. Lewis, in The Abolition of Man, will call the axioms of moral action “the Tao” and will say that they are not the results of moral reasoning but rather are the principles, to be grasped or seen ...