Three hundred and fifty years ago there lived in France a brilliant young man by the name of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). He was a mathematician, scientist, apologist for Catholicism and a powerful writer in the French language. His most famous work is his
Pensées, which has been reprinted many times and translated into all the modern languages. In his adult years
Pascal converted to
Jansenism and wrote apologetic works defending Christianity and the existence of God. He was familiar with the
“ Five Ways” of
St. Thomas Aquinas (
S.Th. I, q 2, a 3).
Read the full text of Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. (here)
Three hundred and fifty years ago there lived in France a brilliant young man by the name of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). He was a mathematician, scientist, apologist for Catholicism and a powerful writer in the French language. His most famous work is his Pensées, which has been reprinted many times and translated into all the modern languages. In his adult years Pascal converted to Jansenism and wrote apologetic works defending Christianity and the existence of God. He was familiar with the “ Five Ways” of St. Thomas Aquinas (S.Th. I, q 2, a 3).
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