Quotessence
Home / Books / Critique of Religion and Philosophy

Critique of Religion and Philosophy

Book by Walter Kaufmann · 1 quotes · Blaise Pascal, Friedrich Nietzsche, Homer

Filter quotes by topic

AllBlaise PascalFriedrich NietzscheHomerImmanuel KantKantMathematicianNietzschePascalPascal S WagerPhilosophySpeculation

Critique of Religion and Philosophy Quotes

“What Pascal overlooked was the hair-raising possibility that God might out-Luther Luther. A special area in hell might be reserved for those who go to mass. Or God might punish those whose faith is prompted by prudence. Perhaps God prefers the abstinent to those who whore around with some denomination he despises. Perhaps he reserves special rewards for those who deny themselves the comfort of belief. Perhaps the intellectual ascetic will win all while those who compromised their intellectual integrity lose everything. There are many other possibilities. There might be many gods, including one who favors people like Pascal; but the other gods might overpower or outvote him, à la Homer. Nietzsche might well have applied to Pascal his cutting remark about Kant: when he wagered on God, the great mathematician 'became an idiot.”

PhilosophyMathematicianSpeculationNietzscheFriedrich NietzscheKantPascalHomerImmanuel KantBlaise PascalPascal S Wager
Book:Critique of Religion and Philosophy
Create image