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