PHIL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Blaise Pascal

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 110
• Professor: Colanter

Document Summary

There is an infinite chaos that separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. According to reason, you can do neither the one thing nor the other; according to reason, you can defend neither of the propositions. It is not optional let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that god is. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. [there] is not time to hesitate, you must give all. And thus, when one is forced to play, he must renounce reason to preserve his life, rather than risk it for infinite gain, as likely to happen as the loss of nothingness . 2) issue of bringing in other gods or religions;