Pascal's Wager [SEP] discoverer or inventor
Pascal's wager
Pascal's wager is an argument in philosophy presented by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist, Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). It posits that humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not.
Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas he stands to receive infinite gains
) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher who wrote widely on religion and Catholic theology. "Pensées" Considered a masterpiece of theological thought and Will Durant hailed it as "the most eloquent book in French prose." Also developed Pascal's Wager to argue for belief in Christianity.
- Antoine Augustin Calmet 1672–1757) French Black Monk scholar of the Order of Saint Benedict who wrote many religious works including the famous Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants that used a scientific approach when looking into