Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal
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**Pascal's Pensées** by Blaise Pascal is a collection of fragments written in the 17th century. Left incomplete at Pascal's death in 1662, these notes were intended as a defense of Christianity. The work introduces "Pascal's wager" and challenges both cosmological proofs of God and atheist critiques of faith. Pascal argues that God is hidden and found only through sincere seeking. Published posthumously in 1670, the fragments' intended order remains debated, inspiring numerous
editions and influencing thinkers from Heidegger to Sartre. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 |
| Title | Pascal's Pensées |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es |
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Produced by John Hagerson, LN Yaddanapudi, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| Subject | Apologetics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Catholic Church -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18269 |
| Release Date | Apr 27, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 9488 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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