Blaise Pascal was a 17th century French scientist, author, and Christian philosopher who is best known for his work, “Pensées” or “Thoughts.” First published posthumously in 1670, “Thoughts” is an edited compilation of the notes that Pascal had prepared for a planned work that scholars refer to as an “Apology for the Christian Religion.” Given its incompleteness when Pascal died, the order and composition of the work has been debated and as a result has produced many variant publications. In spite of their incompleteness and frequent incoherence, “Thoughts” has long held a high place among the great classics of the Christian religion. Much of the theological argument implied in these utterances has little appeal to the modern mind, but the acuteness of the observation of human life, the subtlety of the reasoning, the combination of precision and fervid imagination in the expression, make this a book to which the discerning mind can return again and again for insight and inspiration. This edition follows the translation of W. F. Trotter with an introduction by Thomas S. Kepler.
"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true," declared Pascal in his Penseés. «The cure for this,» he explained, «is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it is.» Motivated by the 17th-century view of the supremacy of human reason, Pascal (1623–1662) intended to write an ambitious apologia for Christianity, in which he argued the inability of reason to address metaphysical problems. While Pascal's untimely death prevented his completion of the work, these fragments published posthumously in 1670 as Penseés remain a vital part of religious and philosophical literature. Introduction by T. S. Eliot.
This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal • The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal • THOUGHTS ON MIND AND ON STYLE • THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD • OF THE NECESSITY OF THE WAGER • OF THE MEANS OF BELIEF • JUSTICE AND THE REASON OF EFFECTS • THE PHILOSOPHERS • MORALITY AND DOCTRINE • THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION • PERPETUITY • TYPOLOGY • THE PROPHECIES • PROOFS OF JESUS CHRIST • THE MIRACLES • etc.
Примечание: Собрание сочинений Б. Паскаля Полный вариант заголовка: «Oeuvres de Blaise Pascal. Tome 5».
Примечание: Собрание сочинений Б. Паскаля Полный вариант заголовка: «Oeuvres de Blaise Pascal. Tome 2».
Полный вариант заголовка: «Les provinciales, ou lettres de Louis de Montalte. Tome 1 / par B. Pascal».
Примечание: Собрание сочинений Б. Паскаля Полный вариант заголовка: «Oeuvres de Blaise Pascal. Tome 4».