Della diversità. Pascal, metafisica e nominalismo

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RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA - 2024 - 1. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Metafisica, Scienza, Teologia

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Della diversità. Pascal, metafisica e nominalismo

Of Diversity. Pascal, Metaphysics, Nominalism

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Vincent Carraud

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Vita e Pensiero

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09-2024

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10.26350/001050_000441

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0035-6247 (stampa) | 1827-7926 (digitale)

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The present study addresses some aspect of Pascal’s reading of Descartes and Montaigne on the two crucial questions of God and the soul in some fragments of the Pensées. Regarding God, Pascal, in his Christian apologetic, does not make any use of the cartesian «metaphysical proofs of God», which he considers nevertheless true, though useless. Regarding the soul, Pascal acknowledges the superiority of the Cartesian cogito in respect of Augustine’s, in so far as it constitutes the foundation of an entire Physics. This shows that the lack of a Pascalian metaphysics, despite the subversion of the Cartesian concepts, is not because of the failure of Cartesian metaphysics, but because of its success: Descartes did everything that needed to be done. As concerns Montaigne, Pascal gathers his nominalist legacy, indeed; and, nevertheless, Pascal’s Cartesian rejection of substantial forms should not be confused with Nominalism. Pascal addresses the question of Being, but he does not argue about it. Pascal searches a name for God: and this name, «Fire», expresses a manifestation, not a concept which aims to grasp the divine essence.