Blaise Pascal was a pioneering scientist and deeply spiritual religious thinker; what united these two sides of his thought?
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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Folge vom 28.12.2025HoP 483 Between Infinity and the Void: Blaise Pascal
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Folge vom 14.12.2025HoP 482 Indivisible, Under God: the Revival of AtomismWhy did Sébastian Basso and Pierre Gassendi think ancient atomism was the key to developing a new, modern science?
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Folge vom 30.11.2025HoP 481 True Fool’s Gold: Pierre GassendiGassendi’s path from skepticism to “baptized Epicureanism.”
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Folge vom 16.11.2025HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French SkepticismSo-called “libertines” like Mothe le Vayer revive ancient skepticism, provoking a backlash from Mersenne and Arnauld. Were they right to see the skeptics as anti-religious?