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82: Blaise Pascal’s Faithful Calculations

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Jansenist Movement and Pascal's Conversion

This chapter explores the Jansenist movement and focuses on Blaise Pascal's conversion to Christianity. It discusses his early life, his introduction to the religious society of Port Royale, and the mystical experience that led him to abandon mathematics and write a defense of Christianity.

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