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Pensees
Blaise Pascal
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Description for Pensees
Paperback. A collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which the author explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Translator(s): Krailsheimer, A. J. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
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 upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensées 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. Humankind 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.
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140446456
SKU
V9780140446456
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About Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (1623-62) left his mark on mathematics, physics, religious controversy and literature. A convert to Jansenism, he engaged in passionate debate with the Jesuits the results of which are the Lettres Provincales, on which, with Pensées, his fame now rests. He is regarded by many as the greatest of French prose stylists. A J Krailsheimer was Tutor ... Read more
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