Belief, uncertainty, and commitment › Further Reading
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- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, English text. Read fragments 139, 233, 277–282, 347, and 397 together; these numbers belong to this edition.
- Pascal, Pensées, fragments 245–247. Compare the roles assigned to reason, custom, and inspiration with the recommendation to begin religious practices in fragment 233.
- Pascal, Pensées, fragments 434–435. Examine the theological explanation of human greatness and corruption, then ask what it adds to the earlier descriptions of misery.
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