Pensées
About this book
"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 Pensees 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. Mankind 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. This masterly translation conveys Pascal's disarmingly personal tone and captures all the fire and passion of the original. Also contained in this volume are a comparison between different editions, appendices and a bibliography.". - Back Cover.
Subjects
- anthropologie théologique
- apologetics
- apologetics, history, 17th century
- apologetic works
- apologétique
- auteurs catholiques
- autores católicos
- catholic authors
- catholic church
- catholic church - apologetic works
- catholic church, controversial literature
- catholic church - doctrinal and controversial works
- catholic church - doctrines
- christianisme
- christianity
- controversial literature
- controversial works
- correspondence
- croyance et doute
- crypts
- doctrinal and controversial works
- doctrinal theology
- doctrina y controversia
- doctrine, apologies, controverses
- doctrines
- early works to 1800
- église catholique
- grâce (théologie)
- grace (theology)
- history
- human beings
- iglesia católica
- jansénisme
- jansenists
- jesuits
- jesuits.00
- meditations
- ouvrages avant 1800
- ouvrages de contreverse
- ouvrages de controverse
- pascal, blaise, 1623-1662
- pensées
- philosophers
- philosophy
- philosophy and religion
- port royal
- port-royal des champs (abbey)
- predestination
- religion
- translations into irish