Blaise Pascal: Pensées

A passionate defence of religious faith by the great seventeenth-century philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal was the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion ...

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A passionate defence of religious faith by the great seventeenth-century philosopher, mathematician and physicistBlaise Pascal was the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion u...

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For much of his life Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in its intended form. Instead, he left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These were to become known as the Pensees, and they o...

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Published in 1950: The Pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges fro...

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Published in 1950: The Pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges fro...

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"e;Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true,"e; declared Pascal in his Penseés. "e;The cure for this,"e; he explained, "e;is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reve...

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This eloquent and philosophically astute translation is the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal's manuscript, widely accepted as the manuscript that is closest to the version Pascal left behind on his dea...

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Blaise Pascal set out to produce a monumental work of Christian apologetics but his untimely death meant that only his fragmentary notes- his thoughts- would be passed on to future generations. The 'random' notes of most people would not be worth ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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Blaise Pascal's 'Pensées' is a classic work of French literature that explores the nature of faith, reason, and morality. This edition includes a biography of Pascal and his closest associates, as well as illuminating commentary on the text by Pie...

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Originally published in 1942, this book constitutes the companion volume to The Heart of Pascal (1945); both volumes were formed using selections from Pascal's Penses. The text gathers together a series of selections, presented in French, which il...

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Pensees by Blaise Pascal offers a unique window into Pascal's ascetic life and deep spiritual convictions following his religious conversion.

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Blaise Pascal was a 17th century French scientist, author, and Christian philosopher who is best known for his work, "Pensées" or "Thoughts." First published posthumously in 1670, "Thoughts" is an edited compilation o...

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Blaise Pascal was a 17th century French scientist, author, and Christian philosopher who is best known for his work, "Penses" or "Thoughts." First published posthumously in 1670, "Thoughts" is an edited compilation of the notes that Pascal had pre...

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Compiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's"e;pens+(R)es"e; (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between hi...

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Compiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's"e;pensR)es"e; (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between his ...

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Pascal's Pensees is a masterpiece, and a landmark in French literature. This is Pascal's most influential theological work-in it he surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing; faith and reason; soul and matter; death and life; m...

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Pascal's Pensees is a masterpiece, and a landmark in French literature. This is Pascal's most influential theological work-in it he surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing; faith and reason; soul and matter; death and life; m...

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Pascal's Penses is a masterpiece, and a landmark in French literature. This is Pascal's most influential theological work in it he surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing, faith and reason, soul and matter, death and life, me...

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Pascal's Penses is a masterpiece, and a landmark in French literature. This is Pascal's most influential theological work in it he surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing, faith and reason, soul and matter, death and life, me...

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