Rest in turmoil and the play drive: some comments on the theories of B. Pascal and F. Schiller about the failure of the human project

Reviewing the Thoughts by Pascal and the Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man by Schiller is always a challenge. Pascal's theories about play have been analyzed primarily from a mathematical point of view, and very few times have been examined from an anthropological and philosophical approach. The aim of this paper is to reflect on their respective roles in the creation of a new paradigm about play, and read each of them from the theories of the other. Perhaps in this way it might be proved that both share an unfeasible project about the human nature.