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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Pascal vs. Descartes

I cannot forgive Descartes; in all his philosophy he did his best to dispense with God. But he could not avoid making Him set the world in motion with a flip of His thumb; after that he had no more use for God.--Blaise Pascal
(https://twitter.com/tpmquote/status/1397915502916214793?s=02)

But Pascal is wrong: Descartes's philosophy depends crucially on a non-deceiving god to guarantee the reliability of our "clear and distinct perceptions" and enable knowledge.

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