On 2010-01-01 Mike Robinson, wrote: It´s not easy to amaze or impress a veteran apologist, but in this volume analyzing the work of ´Pensées´ by Blaise Pascal, Thomas Morris found himself consistently challenged by the mathematician´s penetrating arguments. In ´Making Sense of It All,´ Morris professes that ´Pensées´ gives ´scintillating and profound reflections´ (p. 2). He admits that this ´is not a book about Pascal´ (p. 2) but it is a book about what `´Pensées´ is about´ (p. 2).
Pascal was a child genius and a devout believer in Christ. Pascal´s Pensées is widely considered to be a objet d´ art, and an preeminent work of French literature. Historian Will Durant opined: that the ´Pensées´ is the the ´most eloquent book in French prose.´ In ´Pensées´ the philosophical genius propounded Pascal´s Wager. He formulated his wage because he believed that the metaphysical proofs for the existence of God are so remote from reasoning and so involved that they make little impact´ (p. 656).
Hence he proposed that ´Either God is or he is not. But which view shall we be inclined? Reason cannot decide this question´ (p. 111). He presses the application of this contention with his formula:
´(probability X payoff) - cost = expected value´ (p. 112).
Pascal added that evidence for God´s existence is ´at least equal to the evidence of the contrary´ (p. 114). Furthermore affirming God´s existence is ´attractive because it promises true good´ (p. 145). His devotion is expressed as he states ´clarity together with such simplicity is wonderful´ in Jesus Christ (p. 168).
Chapters include:
- Need for a Guide
- Folly of the indifferent
- Waging a life
- Marks of truth
- Faith and the heart and more (210 pages).
This is a stellar introduction into Pascal´s ´Pensées´ and is written in an appealing and flowing style.
The Necessary Existence of God: The Proof of Christianity Through Presuppositional Apologetics. And summed up by saying Pascal, Reason, and The Wager. Currently Making Sense of It All Pascal and the Meaning of Life has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company claimed Using the writings of the seventeenth-century genius Blaise Pascal as a central guide, Morris explores the nature of faith, reason, and the meaning of life. His lucid reflections provide fresh, fertile insights and perspectives for any thoughtful person journeying through life.
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