Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God.
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.
Portrait of Pascal in 1691
An early Pascaline on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Pascal studying the cycloid, by Augustin Pajou, 1785, Louvre
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