A Brief Introduction to a Brilliant and Formidable Mind

Antoine Compagnon introduces readers to the poignant and thought-provoking world of Blaise Pascal in ‘A Summer With Pascal.’
A Brief Introduction to a Brilliant and Formidable Mind
Antoine Compagnon presents this introductory look into Blaise Pascal's views on faith.
Dustin Bass
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Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician and Catholic philosopher, is a familiar name, and it’s a name typically associated with what’s called “Pascal’s Wager.”

The wager is a theological or, at least, a metaphysical one. Pascal wrote in his work “Pensées” that it would be wiser to believe in God than to not, whether or not God actually exists. “Let’s weigh the gain, and the loss in making the choice that God exists,” he wrote. “Let’s assess these two cases: if you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Bet, then, that he exists, without hesitation!”

Dustin Bass
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Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.