Comments on: Thinking through Pascal’s Pensees http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thinking-through-pascals-pensees/ Journal for the Graduate Liberal Studies program at SFU Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Andrew Czink http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thinking-through-pascals-pensees/#comment-78 Andrew Czink Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:57:23 +0000 http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-78 Thanks for the comment George. Much appreciated. I keep coming back to the ideas here. Thanks for the comment George. Much appreciated. I keep coming back to the ideas here.

]]> By: George Franklin http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thinking-through-pascals-pensees/#comment-77 George Franklin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:38:44 +0000 http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-77 Great Job...that was a fantastic breakdown of Pascal's main argument. Great Job…that was a fantastic breakdown of Pascal’s main argument.

]]> By: morbidity http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thinking-through-pascals-pensees/#comment-61 morbidity Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:05:35 +0000 http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-61 Morbidity says : I absolutely agree with this ! Morbidity says : I absolutely agree with this !

]]> By: Kaz Maslanka http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thinking-through-pascals-pensees/#comment-43 Kaz Maslanka Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:07:41 +0000 http://andrewczink.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-43 It seems to me that the wall we are hitting our head against is the wall of metaphor. While metaphor has a logical structure it meaning (understanding) is not. God is a metaphor furthermore; if we all viewed God this way then God would not be so distasteful. This idea of God will always be distasteful if we treat (He/She/It) as a hard rational fact. The problem is that humans are inherently irrational, magical and possess a tenuous grasp of reality (whatever that is). It is only by the virtue that we ‘bump’ and ‘grope’ our way through physical nature that we are forced into the rational. Thanks for the nice post, Kaz It seems to me that the wall we are hitting our head against is the wall of metaphor. While metaphor has a logical structure it meaning (understanding) is not. God is a metaphor furthermore; if we all viewed God this way then God would not be so distasteful. This idea of God will always be distasteful if we treat (He/She/It) as a hard rational fact. The problem is that humans are inherently irrational, magical and possess a tenuous grasp of reality (whatever that is). It is only by the virtue that we ‘bump’ and ‘grope’ our way through physical nature that we are forced into the rational.
Thanks for the nice post,

Kaz

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