Pensees

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. 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 Penseés is a collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal''s analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but who can be transformed through faith in God''s grace.

• | Author: Blaise Pascal, A. Krailsheimer
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 27, 1995
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780140446456
• | ISBN-10: 0140446451