Religious-philosophical views of human existence (based on the works of B. Pascal and E. Gilson)

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  • Alina Klitchuk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31649/sent01.01.185

Keywords:

sources and functions of cognition, philosophy of the heart, Christian philosophy, Modern philosophy, religious philosophy of the twentieth century

Abstract

The author argues that the views of Blaise Pascal and Etienne Gilson are generally consistent. This consistency is characterized by four shared key theses: (1) according to Pascal, faith and reason are incommensurable; the purpose of reason is not to know faith, but only to find out the sincerity of personal faith; (2) the essence of Christianity is that God is felt by the heart, not the mind; Gilson shares this view of Pascal and emphasizes that faith in God is the result of a person's personal will; (3) although man is a reed against the background of existence, this reed is capable of believing and thinking, and this is his power. This is the main common motive in the works of B. Pascal and E. Gilson: (4) a life illuminated by Christian faith is the most precious gift and the highest goal of human earthly existence.

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2000-06-26

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Klitchuk, A. . (2000). Religious-philosophical views of human existence (based on the works of B. Pascal and E. Gilson). Sententiae, 1(1), 185–191. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent01.01.185

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000): SENTENTIAE

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