Pascal Pensees - Criticism Of The Stoics - Sadler's Lectures

Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses the 16th century philosopher, theologian, and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, and focuses on his work, the Pensees. Specifically it discusses the criticism he makes of the Stoics, naming Epictetus but also having in mind the neo-Stoics of his time. His criticism is that they are partly right, but miss where they've got things wrong and others have them right, which leads to a kind of onesidedness To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Blaise Pascal's Pensees - amzn.to/2wwn6bS