Pascal. Ni être ni néant : le vide de notre nature



• Pascal. Ni être ni néant : le vide de notre nature

  Item Type	Journal Article
  Author	Laurence Devillairs
  Abstract	Against the “universal consent of the people” and “the crowd of philosophers”, Pascal proves the existence of the void, thus re-establishing the truth where only the force and falsity of opinions had prevailed. Nature “has no repugnance for the void”, it “makes no effort to avoid it” but “admits it without difficulty or resistance”. Pascal defines the void as neither matter nor nothingness. Can this definition be found in Philosophy, in the Anthropology of the Pensées? We would like to show the importance of the notion of the capacity of empty nature, which is decisive when it comes to describing the condition of man, troubled by a desire for truth and happiness that he cannot satisfy. Nature is thus, for him, what is “most contrary” to him, depriving him of what is rightfully his. The void has a cardinal function in Physics, but also in Philosophy.
  Date	2023
  Language	French
  Rights	© 2023 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural
  Extra	Pascal. Neither Being nor Nothingness: The Void of Our Nature
  Volume	79
  Pages	1473-1490
  Publication	Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  DOI	10.17990/RPF/2023_79_4_1473
  Issue	4
  ISSN	0870-5283 ; 2183-461X
  Date Added	4/9/2024, 1:33:13 AM
  Modified	4/9/2024, 2:38:23 AM

  Tags:

  • anthropology, existence, human condition, Pascal, philosophy, void.

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