Pensées / Blaise Pascal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascal, Blaise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.

Pascal, Blaise.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Philosophical Library : Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician's influential treatise in support of religion. Blaise Pascal was not a gambler, but he posited one of the most famous wagers of all time: Every man's life is a bet against God. It is a wager that any man can win, however. Sacrifice earthly pleasures-drink, lust, sin, etc.-and a lifetime of happiness awaits, in this world or the next. Live every day as if God exists, and you can't lose. Pascal devised his wager in the seventeenth century, but the lessons written by this brilliant man ring true today. In this collection of fragments intended as a defense of Christianity, everything is up for debate. From the nature of love to the relationship between scientific inquiry and religious faith, Pascal shows that skepticism and devotion go hand in hand.

Contents:

Title Page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I. THOUGHTS ON MIND AND ON STYLE; SECTION II. THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD; SECTION III. OF THE NECESSITY OF THE WAGER; SECTION IV. OF THE MEANS OF BELIEF; SECTION V. JUSTICE AND THE REASON OF EFFECTS; SECTION VI. THE PHILOSOPHERS; SECTION VII. MORALITY AND DOCTRINE; SECTION VIII. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; SECTION IX. PERPETUITY; SECTION X. TYPOLOGY; SECTION XI. THE PROPHECIES; SECTION XII. PROOFS OF JESUS CHRIST; SECTION XIII. THE MIRACLES; SECTION XIV. APPENDIX: POLEMICAL FRAGMENTS; NOTES; Copyright

Notes:

"Originally published in 1670"--Title page verso.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 12, 2016).

ISBN:

9781504033930

1504033930

OCLC:

936881211