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EvangelicalAnglican

Blaise Pascal: Philosopher, Mathematician, Genius.

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Graham Tomlin


Duration

94.44


Uploaded to YouTube

25 March 2026

Added to Database

1 April 2026


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Graham Tomlin is a British theologian, author and former Church of England bishop.

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  • TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Can Blaise Pascal Be Categorised?
03:05 - Who Was Blaise Pascal?
11:12 - Pascal’s First Conversion
17:19 - Pascal’s “Night of Fire”
21:59 - Did Pascal Reject Reason?
31:45 - Pascal’s War With Descartes
42:31 - Did Pascal Invent the Bus?
45:42 - The Heart Has Its Reasons, Of Which Reason Knows Nothing
50:03 - How Pascal Invented Probability Theory
52:29 - Pascal’s Wager
1:15:35 - The Pensées
1:18:30 - Pascal’s “Two Minds”
1:22:39 - The Importance of Boredom
1:26:58 - Why Should Atheists Read Pascal?
1:31:34 - What Would Graham Ask Pascal?

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