Pensees and Other Writings, Paperback by Pascal, Blaise; Levi, Honor (TRN); L...

Description: Pensees and Other Writings, Paperback by Pascal, Blaise; Levi, Honor (TRN); Levi, Anthony (EDT), ISBN 0199540365, ISBN-13 9780199540365, Brand New, Free shipping in the US For much of his life, Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in the form the philosopher intended. Instead, Pascal left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These became known as the Penses, and they occupy a crucial place in
Western philosophy and religious writing.

Pascals general intention was to confound scepticism about metaphysical questions. Some of the Penses 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 the most powerful
aphorisms about human experience and behavior ever written in any language.

This translation is the only one based on the Penses as Pascal left them. It includes the principal dossiers classified by Pascal, as well as the essential portion of the important Writings on Grace. A detailed thematic index gives access to Pascals areas of concern, while the selection of texts
and the introduction help to show why Pascal changed the plan of his projected work before abandoning th he might have written.

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