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Blaise Pascal - Pensees and Other Writings - 9780199540365 - V9780199540365
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Pensees and Other Writings

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Description for Pensees and Other Writings Paperback. Translator(s): Levi, Honor. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
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 Pensées, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and religious writing. Pascal's general intention was to confound scepticism about metaphysical questions. Some of the Pensées are fully developed literary reflections on the human condition,, some contradict others, and some remain jottings whose meaning will never be clear. The most important are among ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
221g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540365
SKU
V9780199540365
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About Blaise Pascal
Honor Levi is a teacher at St Leonard's School, St Andrew's, Fife. Anthony Levi is a retired Professor of French at St Andrews.

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