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September 16, 2025New Blackfriars

‘Not the God of the Philosophers…’: Can Aquinas’s Approach to God Be Reconciled with Pascal’s?

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JCJohn CottinghamUniversity of Reading

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This analysis explores how Aquinas's philosophical view of God aligns with Pascal's emotional understanding, suggesting a reconciliation between these two perspectives.

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Pascal emphasizes personal experience with God through 'reasons of the heart', contrasting with Aquinas's abstract conception.
The notion of Aquinas's God as an 'infinite ocean of substance' can connect with Pascal's intensely personal God.
Epistemological insights from Pascal's work affirm the need to consider emotional dimensions in understanding God.
Through Exodus, Aquinas’s portrayal of God interacting personally reveals potential harmonization with Pascal’s view.

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John Cottingham (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4565431b076d99fa5b0a9 https://doi.org/10.1017/nbf.2025.10108

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This analysis explores how Aquinas's philosophical view of God aligns with Pascal's emotional understanding, suggesting a reconciliation between these two perspectives.

‘Not the God of the Philosophers…’: Can Aquinas’s Approach to God Be Reconciled with Pascal’s?

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‘Not the God of the Philosophers…’: Can Aquinas’s Approach to God Be Reconciled with Pascal’s?

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