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Category: Let’s read Pascal
I’m re-reading Pascal’s Pensées in May 2014. Grab yourself a copy and read along with me!
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Do you know what is most shaping your desires and beliefs? This quick exercise can help you find out… and change it
In a recent post we briefly discussed the way in which the media we consume shapes to a significant extent what we desire, what we think, and how we feel about ourselves and our society. The issue merits further reflection for Christians studying or working in an academic setting. Christian academics are, so to speak, professional consumers and interpreters
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Let’s read Pascal (4): is my opponent mistaken, or incomplete?
9 When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true, and admit that truth to him, but reveal to him the side on which it is false. He is satisfied with that,
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Let’s read Pascal (2): intuitive and mathematical thinking
I said in a previous post that I was starting to re-read Pascal’s Pensées, and I invited you to grab a copy and read along. I originally thought that I could go at the pace of one section per day, but after starting with section one yesterday I find I’ve got a pile of notes
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Let’s read Pascal’s Pensées
Today I’m going to start re-reading one of the books in my personal intensive treasure trove, Pensées by Blaise Pascal. I remember the time I first read it, fourteen years ago now, after picking it up almost by accident in a second hand bookshop. That first reading was on holiday (misty forests and long walks
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Let’s read Pascal’s Pensées – keep in the loop
Over the coming months I will be reading and blogging through Pascal’s Pensées. It is a truly remarkable book of Christian apologetics, a real classic written by a brilliant mathematician and literary author. I first studied Pascal as part of my undergraduate degree, and then returned to him later as a fount of wisdom on