Pensees
$22.63
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
4 September 1995
Summary
The Wretched and the Divine: Pascal’s Pensées
Blaise Pascal, a contemporary of Descartes, excelled as a mathematician and physicist. However, his unfinished defense of the Christian faith, Pensées, solidified his legacy. This collection presents philosophical fragments, notes, and essays where Pascal investigates the paradoxes of human existence through psychological, social, metaphysical, and theological lenses. Pascal’s analysis portrays humanity as lost and miserable in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140446456 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140446451 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Blaise Pascal, A. Krailsheimer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 4 September 1995 |
| Weight: | 267g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
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 Pensees, his fame now rests. He is regarded by many as the greatest of French prose stylists.
A J Krailsheimer was Tutor in French at Christ Church, Oxford and translated widely from the French.
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