Can someone please explain this quote from Pascal to me? “The

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>>9020713
Are you the same person that posted this exact question within the past couple of days?

>>9020719

I posted it yesterday yes. I need better answers quite frankly and since I am an alcoholic I don't have the capacity to learn on my own right now sorry.

>>9020713
I don't think it's a symbolic or inner death. As far as I know, Pascal doesn't mention that kind of death( that is, death of the soul whereas life itself hasnt reached its end yet). Several christian authors do (there's many kinds of "death" in St Augustine), but to me it doesn't suit Pascal's thoughts and style.

Also, more generally speaking : diversion is miserable, but it actually IS necessary. It's not like it would get you to hell. Diversion takes you away from yourself, but it's not like you could be close to God without diversion anyway (for it doesn't depend on you).

>>9020723

Sort yourself out you waste of skin

>>9020743

Look I need to sort myself out I'll give you that but I am not a complete waste of skin I might get into med or law school

>>9020739

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback.

It's pretty straight-forward...

>>9020723
But OK, I'll have a go.

1 - Life sucks and then you die.
2 - You seek diversions in order to diminish the suckiness of life.
3 - Said diversions can be seen as actually make life suckier though, because diversions, by definition, aren't constructive.
4 - Specifically, Pascal is saying that while pursuing diversions, we stop paying attention to other more important shit relating to our being.
5 - So if we had no diversions, we would more easily notice our shortcomings, and be spurred to work on fixing them, thus making life suck less because we have less and less shortcomings as time goes by and we keep on fixing that shit.
6 - But diversions take the time we should be using to fix that shit, while on the other hand offering amusement which makes life seem less sucky, even though, given that diversions are used as means of escape, we're ensuring that shit is actually suckier by the road by ignoring what we should fix through these diversions.

Something like that.

>>9020754

Now I understand. Time to move on and read more of Kierkegaard. Thanks.

>>9020754
quick remark on 5 & 6 : the only thing close to "fixing that shit", in Pascal's view, is to kneel down and pray.

>>9020713

read infinite jest anon

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Stop being diversed, then you will see the result.