#148 Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathematician, Genius - Graham Tomlin

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Graham Tomlin is a British theologian, author and former Church of England bishop. Get Graham's book, ⁠Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World⁠. Graham's organisation, ⁠Seen and Unseen⁠. 

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Can Blaise Pascal Be Categorised?

(03:05) Who Was Blaise Pascal?

(11:12) Pascal’s First Conversion

(17:19) Pascal’s “Night of Fire”

(21:59) Did Pascal Reject Reason?

(31:45) Pascal’s War With Descartes

(42:31) Did Pascal Invent the Bus?

(45:42) The Heart Has Its Reasons, Of Which Reason Knows Nothing

(50:03) How Pascal Invented Probability Theory

(52:29) Pascal’s Wager

(1:15:35) The Pensées

(1:18:30) Pascal’s “Two Minds”

(1:22:39) The Importance of Boredom

(1:26:58) Why Should Atheists Read Pascal?

(1:31:34) What Would Graham Ask Pascal?

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