Notes de Voltaire et de Condorcet sur les pensées de Pascal

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662

Contributor:

Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794

François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis, comte, 1750-1828

Voltaire, 1694-1778

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Notes de Voltaire et de Condorcet sur les pensées de Pascal" by Blaise Pascal et al. is a philosophical compilation likely written in the late 18th to early 19th century. This work includes notes and reflections from notable thinkers Voltaire and Condorcet on Pascal's seminal thoughts, exploring themes of human existence, morality, and the nature of belief. It aims to engage with Pascal's ideas critically while providing a broader dialogue on the implications of his philosophies in the context of human understanding and society. The opening of this compilation presents a series of thought-provoking reflections and critiques drawn from Pascal's work, particularly emphasizing the complexities surrounding the nature of truth, belief, and human conditions. Notably, it highlights discussions on the art of persuasion, the frailty of human understanding, and contrasts between the wisdom of the crowd and philosophical insights. This preamble establishes a rich intellectual landscape, setting the stage for further explorations of philosophical discourse and engaging with both critics and admirers of Pascal's enduring legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Michael Roe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Extrait des Œuvres de Blaise Pascal. Tome second. Paris: Lefèvre, 1819.

Release date is 2009-08-23