Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works: V48 Harvard Classics - Softcover

Pascal, Blaise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498087108 ISBN 13: 9781498087100

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2014

Synopsis

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.

About this title

From the Back Cover

After making important early contributors to the fields of physical sciences and of mathematics--including the invention of the discipline of probability--French polymath BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662), a former child prodigy, turned his extraordinary talents to theology and philosophy. This, his most profound work, was unfinished at the time of his premature death, but it is still considered one of the finest works in the French language. In Thoughts, Pascal mounts a sophisticated defense of his Catholic faith, discussing, among other subjects:

* the misery of man without God
* justice and morality
* the fundamentals of Christianity
* proofs of Jesus Christ
* his now-famous wager, proving the necessity of belief in God.

This omnibus edition also features a selection of Pascal's letters--to friends, to family, and to the Swedish queen Christina--as well as his minor works, including "Prayer, to Ask of God the Proper Use of Sickness," "Discourses on the Condition of the Great," "The Art of Persuasion," and more.

About the Author

Mathematicien ou philosophe? Theologien ou physicien? Pascal etait tout cela a la fois, ce qui en fait un des esprits les plus brillants de son temps. Figure intellectuelle majeure du XVIIe siecle, Pascal demeure aujourd hui une reference en matiere de reflexion sur Dieu, sur l infini, sur l inconnu. Ses recherches ont contribue a faire avancer les sciences dures autant que ses fameuses "Pensees" ont amene ses contemporains a s interroger sur leur rapport au spirituel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498087108
• ISBN 13: 9781498087100
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454
• Editor: Eliot Charles W