Peter Rollins | Setting Pascal Ablaze | A Pyrotheological Reading of Pensées @TheOrthodoxHeretic | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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Blaise Pascal has earned his place in history as one of the world’s greatest mathematicians and scientists, making important intellectual contributions from the age of 16, including the invention of a calculator as a teenager - just to help his dad work out his taxes. However, Pascal is most famous for his philosophical reflections. Reflections which possess a richness, style and insight that make them feel as fresh and vital today as when they were first written.
His masterpiece was an unfinished work that came to be called the Pensées. Through his endeavor to describe and defend Christianity in a compelling way, Pascal ended up giving the world some of the most profound descriptions of the human condition. Predating both Psychoanalysis and Existentialism, his work describes many of the themes that would become so central to these movements, such as the power of self-deception, the anxiety of freedom and the dizzying experience of feeling both the splendor and insignificance of existence. Basically, it’s a intellectual rollercoaster.
In this five part course, we’ll take a deep dive into Pascal’s Pensées, wrestling with its themes and seeing how they might both illuminate and impact our lives.
Course Schedule:
1. Deception and Distraction - June 25th
2. Without a Compass or a Map - July 16th
3. The Gambler and the Machine - July 23rd
4. Rethinking the God Shaped Hole - July 30th
5. Class Presentations (optional) - August 20th
All classes will commence at 10 am PST (1 pm EDT, 6 pm BST). Recordings of each session will be available, allowing you to watch live or later. I recommend A.J. Krailsheimer’s translation of Pensées (readings will be assigned from that translation).
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To sign up for the course, sign up to Blaze level of patreon here: pyrotheology.com
Blaise Pascal has earned his place in history as one of the world’s greatest mathematicians and scientists, making important intellectual contributions from the age of 16, including the invention of a calculator as a teenager - just to help his dad work out his taxes. However, Pascal is most famous for his philosophical reflections. Reflections which possess a richness, style and insight that make them feel as fresh and vital today as when they were first written.
His masterpiece was an unfinished work that came to be called the Pensées. Through his endeavor to describe and defend Christianity in a compelling way, Pascal ended up giving the world some of the most profound descriptions of the human condition. Predating both Psychoanalysis and Existentialism, his work describes many of the themes that would become so central to these movements, such as the power of self-deception, the anxiety of freedom and the dizzying experience of feeling both the splendor and insignificance of existence. Basically, it’s a intellectual rollercoaster.
In this five part course, we’ll take a deep dive into Pascal’s Pensées, wrestling with its themes and seeing how they might both illuminate and impact our lives.
Course Schedule:
1. Deception and Distraction - June 25th
2. Without a Compass or a Map - July 16th
3. The Gambler and the Machine - July 23rd
4. Rethinking the God Shaped Hole - July 30th
5. Class Presentations (optional) - August 20th
All classes will commence at 10 am PST (1 pm EDT, 6 pm BST). Recordings of each session will be available, allowing you to watch live or later. I recommend A.J. Krailsheimer’s translation of Pensées (readings will be assigned from that translation).
Follow me here,
Instagram: Instagram.com/peter_rollins
Facebook: Facebook.com/OrthodoxHeretic
Twitter: Twitter.com/PeterRollins
Soundcloud: Soundcloud.com/peter-rollins
Get The Fundamentalists podcast here,
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fundamentalists/id1346820645?mt=2
Subscribe here for free talks,
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talks-archive/id1296444316?mt=2
Website: Peterrollins.com
