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Pensees / Blaise Pascal ; translated by W.F. Trotter ; introduction by T.S. Eliot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2018Edition: Dover thrift editionsDescription: xix, 297 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780486821504
  • 0486821501
Uniform titles:
  • Pensees. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • B1901.P42 E5 2018
Summary: Motivated by the 17th-century view of the supremacy of human reason, Pascal (1623-62) had intended to write an ambitious apologia for Christianity, in which he argued the inability of reason to address metaphysical problems. His untimely death prevented his completion of the work, but the fragments published posthumously in 1670 form a vital part of religious and philosophical literature. Essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and theology, the Pens�ees remain among the liveliest and most eloquent defenses of Christianity ever written. --Publisher
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Main Collection Books John Brown University Library Main B1901 .P42 E5 2018 Available 39524100455769

"This Dover edition, first published in 2018, is an unabridged republication of the W. F. Trotter translation of Pascal's Pens�ees, with an introduction by T. S. Eliot, originally published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, in 1958."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Motivated by the 17th-century view of the supremacy of human reason, Pascal (1623-62) had intended to write an ambitious apologia for Christianity, in which he argued the inability of reason to address metaphysical problems. His untimely death prevented his completion of the work, but the fragments published posthumously in 1670 form a vital part of religious and philosophical literature. Essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and theology, the Pens�ees remain among the liveliest and most eloquent defenses of Christianity ever written. --Publisher

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