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Essay Archive - Descartes vs. Pascal
Descartes vs. Pascal
For centuries, human beings have been debating over the validity of the
use of reason. This is a very, very difficult subject to discuss, as one is
forced to study something which is at that moment being used in their study.
Two classic thinkers who contrasted on their view of reason were Descartes and
Pascal. Though both saw reason as the primary source of knowledge, they
disagreed over the competence of human reason. Descartes, the skeptic, said
that we could use reason to find certain truth if we used it correctly, while
Pascal said that ....
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