# Blaise Pascal — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Blaise Pascal in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pascal

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

French philosopher and mathematician referenced for his religious thought.

## In the story

### [III: The Religious Mood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/iii-the-religious-mood)

Given as an example of the 'almost voluntary degeneration and stunting of mankind' produced by European Christianity.

### [45](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/45)

Cited as the archetype of the profound, bruised, and immense intellectual conscience required to understand the history of knowledge and conscience in religious souls.

### [Faith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/46)

His faith is described as a terrible, continuous suicide of reason, exemplifying the self-mutilating Christian faith of a refined conscience.

### [The Cost of Religions as Final Ends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/62)

Cited as a prime example of the 'voluntary degeneration and stunting of mankind' produced by European Christianity.

### [VII: Our Virtues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/vii-our-virtues)

Referenced as an example of one who practices a form of self-cruelty through intellectual sacrifice ('sacrifizia dell’ intelleto').

### [Chapter 229](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/229)

Referenced as an example of one drawn by 'cruelty towards himself' through intellectual sacrifice (sacrifizia dell’ intelleto).

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