Blaise Pascal Quotes about Philosophy

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To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

Blaise Pascal

Philosophy, Ridicule

True eloquence makes light of eloquence, true morality makes light of morality; that is to say, the morality of the judgment, which has no rules, makes light of the morality of the intellect.... To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

Blaise Pascal

Philosophy, Light, Morality

Blaise Pascal (2009). “Thoughts”, p.16, Lulu.com

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

Blaise Pascal

Philosophy, Philosopher

Blaise Pascal (2008). “Human Happiness”, Penguin Group USA

To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.

Blaise Pascal

Philosophy, Scorn

Blaise Pascal, Henry Rogers, Victor Cousin, Charles Louandre (1859). “The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal”, p.241

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

Blaise Pascal

Art, Fun, Philosophy

I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion; beyond this, he has no further need of God.

Blaise Pascal

Philosophy, Giving, Needs

Blaise Pascal, W. F. Trotter, T. S. Eliot (2003). “Pensees”, p.23, Courier Corporation