Necessity Of The Wager Rhetorical Analysis

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In the first two paragraphs of Pascal’s “Of the Necessity of the Wager” the idea addressed is that one must seek God in order for God to seek them. There are those who only say they seek God, making an artificial effort through attending church, and reading the bible only to say they are still blind to his glory. Then there are those, who sincerely seek God with their whole heart in interest of all that is them and the world they live in. These beginning paragraphs carry a condescending tone. The author does this by addressing the ignorance of the unbelievers, and a counter argument to their disbelief. In paragraphs three through six the concept addressed is immorality, and how it is embedded into those who choose to believe and to not believe in the divine. However, the difference in immorality between the two sides are broad. Each side must make the choice every day to seek not only around them but also in themselves for the light of the divine or the darkness of immorality. Pascal is conveying to his audience that the one who does not think of the end of life will not be …show more content…

Using his words to convey a sense of ignorance and shame for man, Pascal mentions that one must not be utterly intelligent in order to conclude that evil is ever present, and satisfaction is not lasting. Death will not and cannot be escaped even by the most virtuous human. Knowing death is inescapable the one who does not seek God will have no more happiness, and those who are assured in their eternity will have no more desolation. Worse off is the man who is content in not seeking God, completely unhappy and completely wrong. Pascal is providing the audience with explanation of the unbeliever with contextual matters. He is allowing the reader to decide for themselves how man can be so moved by self-defeats, yet not by the undeniable fact he will someday face

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