Pensées
Pascal made the case for faith by starting from radical doubt, and his fragments are some of the most quotable philosophical writing ever produced.
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.”
Why It Matters
Pascal made the case for faith by starting from radical doubt, and his fragments are some of the most quotable philosophical writing ever produced. "The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of" comes from here. The wager argument — you lose nothing by betting on God — is still debated in philosophy classrooms.
The
Take
Personal reviewA couple nice framings, but overall not poetic nor rigorous, odd middle ground that wasn’t very convincing
Notable Quotes
“Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.”
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”