#149 Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathematician, Genius - Graham Tomlin

<p>Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at <a href="https://huel.com/alexoconnor" rel="noopener noreferer" target="_blank">https://huel.com/alexoconnor</a> (Minimum $50 purchase).For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my <a href="https://www.alexoconnor.com" rel="noopener noreferer" target="_blank">Substack</a>.Graham Tomlin is a British theologian, author and former Church of England bishop.<strong>LINKS:</strong>Get Graham's book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3PxCkWf" rel="noopener noreferer" target="_blank"><em>Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World</em></a>Graham's organisation, <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com" rel="noopener noreferer" target="_blank">Seen and Unseen</a><strong> TIMESTAMPS:</strong>00:00 - Can Blaise Pascal Be Categorised?03:05 - Who Was Blaise Pascal?11:12 - Pascal’s First Conversion17:19 - Pascal’s “Night of Fire”21:59 - Did Pascal Reject Reason?31:45 - Pascal’s War With Descartes42:31 - Did Pascal Invent the Bus?45:42 - The Heart Has Its Reasons, Of Which Reason Knows Nothing50:03 - How Pascal Invented Probability Theory52:29 - Pascal’s Wager1:15:35 - The Pensées1:18:30 - Pascal’s “Two Minds”1:22:39 - The Importance of Boredom1:26:58 - Why Should Atheists Read Pascal?1:31:34 - What Would Graham Ask Pascal?</p>