Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Blaise Pascal’s life and work. One of the greatest critics of Descartes in seventeenth century France was Pascal. His God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, was a God of love and the heart that Pascal could not see present in Descartes’ writings. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Pascal’s life and work. Taken from Regalism, Revolution, the Reign of Terror and the Assault on Catholicism (1648-1799) – 1998 VonHildebrand Institute