Uploaded February 2010 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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The philosopher you know for all the wrong reasons, Blaise Pascal is a certifiable genius. Forget The Wager, and bask for a few minutes in the stunning brilliance of one of the most penetrating intellects the world has ever known.

Ben Roger's Philosophy Bite on Pascal: philosophybites.com/2009/07/ben-rogers-on-pascals-pens%C3%A9es.html

Correction: the Nietzsche quote at 4:49 was inaccurate. The correct quote is "One should never forgive Christianity for having destroyed men like Pascal."--Notebook 11[55].