On Pascal’s death date today, we are reminded, as T.S. Elliot wrote, why “Pascal is one of those writers who can and must be studied afresh by men [and women] in every generation.”
Thanks for remembering Blaise! I led NEH month long Summer Seminars on Pascal for 8 of my summers at Notre Dame and wrote up my reading of him in Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life.
Thanks for remembering Blaise! I led NEH month long Summer Seminars on Pascal for 8 of my summers at Notre Dame and wrote up my reading of him in Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life.
Awesome!
The quotations from Pascal are brilliantly chosen.
This means a lot coming from you! I hear you know something about words, Mr. Poet Laureate of California.