Tag: Pascal
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July 29, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.” Blaise Pascal, Pensee #282 As usual, the participants in Harrison Middleton University’s July Quarterly Discussion were well-prepared and excellently informed. For this discussion, we focused on a selection of Blaise …
March 25, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Blaise Pascal composed his “Memorial” during a transcendent experience, a ‘night of fire’. I find this a fitting poem for discussion considering all of the religious holidays that fall during this time of year. I also recently attended a community seminar about Pascal, …
