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UnHerd · November 4, 2025
Pascal vs Descartes: Where did the Enlightenment go wrong?
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Watch this subscriber only event in full at https://www.unherd.com/live Rene Descartes and Blaise Pascal, both 17th century French philosophers, tussled between truth-seeking rationalism and the role of faith and emotion in human experience. This tug of war continues today and to bring some light to its contemporary relevance, join theologian James Orr and former Bishop of Kensington Graham Tomlin for this exclusive live conversation at the UnHerd Club.
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J.D. Vance
“he's been credited or blamed depending on uh your preference with the rise of JD Vance in Trump's circle”
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Michael Jackson
“unless we do a kind of twoack Michael Jackson hologram situation”
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Donald Trump
“he's been credited or blamed depending on uh your preference with the rise of JD Vance in Trump's circle”
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