Probably the most famous line from Blaise Pascal’s Pensées claims that “the heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.” Taken in isolation, this remark can make Pascal sound like a romantic at best, an irrationalist at worst. Actually, his position is much more nuanced, perhaps best expressed in his observation: “If we submit everything to re (...)
January 27, 2006
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Reason and the Reasons of Faith
Reason and the Reasons of Faithedited by Paul J. Griffiths and Reinhold Hütter
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