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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal
Noted primarily as a mathematician, scientist, and author, Blaise Pascal focused on religion late in his short life. Pascal argued that faith in God is reasonable. He reasoned that, although no one can prove God’s existence or nonexistence, the potentially infinite benefits of believing God exists far outweigh any finite benefits that might be gained by believing God does not exist.
Hulton Deutsch
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French Literature; Pascal, Blaise; Theism
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