A Thinking Reed : Pascal's voice, yesterday and today / Stephen N. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Stephen N. (Stephen Nantlais), author.

Contributor:

Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.

Pascal, Blaise.

Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662--Influence.

Apologetics.

Philosophers--France--17th century--Biography.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

xi, 184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2023].

Summary:

"Blaise Pascal (1623-62) was a provocative and important thinker. Both the range and the influence of his work is immense. His Pensees ("Thoughts"), unfinished and composed of fragments, is widely regarded as a classic of Christian apologetics. In this volume, the reader is introduced to this work, with a view to both describing what Pascal says and assessing its present value. After introducing the man and his life, Pascal's views on reason and the heart, and on human wretchedness and greatness, are discussed before asking in a final chapter, "Would you bet on God?" An appendix treats Pascal and modernity. Four hundred years on, Pascal's voice can still be heard. Four hundred years on, we still need to heed it. Pascal does not simply speak from the mind to the mind. He speaks as a person to persons"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Something about Pascal

Reason

Heart

Wretchedness

Greatness

Would you bet on God

Appendix : Three men at the portal of modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

ISBN:

1666751499

9781666751499

9781666751505

1666751502

OCLC:

1379215481

Publisher Number:

99994291203