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Pensees and Other Writings
Pensees and Other Writings

Pensees and Other Writings

Author: 
Blaise Pascal; Anthony Levi; Honor Levi
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For much of his life Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in its intended form. Instead, he left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These were to become known as the Pensees, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and religious writing. Pascal's general intention was to confound scepticism about metaphysical questions. Some of the Pensees are fully developed literary reflections on the human condition,, some contradict others, and some remain jottings whose meaning will never be clear. The most important are among the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behaviour ever written in any language. This translation is the only one based on the Pensees as Pascal left them. It includes the principal dossiers classified by Pascal, as well as the essential portion of the important Writings on Grace. A detailed thematic index gives access to Pascal's areas of concern, while the selection of texts and the introduction help to show why Pascal changed the plan of his projected work before abandoning the book he might have written.

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Index: 

Pensees
The Art of Persuasion
Writings on Grace

About the author: 

Honor Levi is a teacher at St Leonard's School, St Andrew's, Fife. Anthony Levi is a retired Professor of French at St Andrews.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199540365

Author: 
Blaise Pascal; Anthony Levi; Honor Levi
Pages
320 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
127 x 196 mm
Pub date
May 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Pensees and Other Writings

Pensees and Other Writings

Pensees and Other Writings