Contributions

  • Krailsheimer, A. J. - Contributor

Publication

1995 - Penguin Books, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

83,250 words, Guess

Page Count

333 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing6179008

Classifications

  • DDC230/.2
  • LCCB1901.P42 E5 1995
  • DDC194.9
and 1 more
  • LCCB1901 .P4 1852

Description

"Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all, theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but also as a being whose existence can be transformed through faith in God's grace. This masterly translation conveys Pascal's disarmingly personal tone and captures all the fire and passion of the original. Also contained in this volume are a comparison between different editions, appendices and a bibliography.". - Back Cover.

Subjects

Topics

230.2CryptsJesuitsHistoryPenséesSciencesHistoire

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Series Statement

  • Penguin classics

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