Susan Kendrick’s Reviews > The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions > Status Update

“ ‘The year of grace 1654//Monday 23 November, feast of Saint Clement...From about half past ten in the evening until about half past midnight//Fire//God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob//not of philosophers and scholars//Certainty, joy, certainty, emotion, sight, joy//God of Jesus Christ’
For the rest of his life Pascal kept this description on a piece of paper sewn into the lining of his jacket.”

I’ve only just begun, but already this is a fascinating book!