Pascal: Reasoning and Belief by Michael Moriarty
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Overview: This book is a study of Blaise Pascal’s defence of Christian belief in the Pensées. Michael Moriarty aims to expound―and in places to criticize―what he argues is a coherent and original apologetic strategy. Setting out the basic philosophical and theological presuppositions of Pascal’s project, the present volume draws the distinction between convictions attained by reason and those inspired by God-given faith. It also presents Pascal’s view of the contradictions within human nature, between the ‘wretchedness’ (our inability to live the life of reason, to attain secure and durable happiness) and the ‘greatness’ (the power of thought, manifested in the very awareness of our wretchedness). His mind-body dualism and his mechanistic conception of non-human animals are discussed. Pascal invokes the biblical story of the Fall and the doctrine of original sin as the only credible explanation of these contradictions. His analysis of human occupations as powered by the twin desire to escape from painful thoughts and to gratify one’s vanity is subjected to critical examination, as is his conception of the self and self-love.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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