description: 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.
language: French
title: Pensees (in French)
titlecomplete: Pensees (in French) (French Edition)
genres: Religion, France, Philosophy, French Literature, 17th Century, Nonfiction, Classics, Theology, Christian, Christianity
ratings_count: 13126
publisher: French & European Pubns