Pascal's Penses - 9780367180171

Taylor & Francis

Pascal's PensesAuthor(s): Blaise Pascal, H.F. Stewart\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367180171, 978-0367180171\nSynopsis\nPublished in 1950: The Penses is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but who can be transformed through faith in God's grace.