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Tag: Blaise Pascal
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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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Do you want to be subversively counter-cultural? Then read old books
In this gem of an exchange, James Houston talks about his desire “in the middle years of life” to be counter-cultural, and the way in which spiritual classics allow us to enter the culture of another period and see our own culture somewhat from the outside: If you want to think more about this issue,
