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Pensees and Other Writings (Paperback)
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Pensees and Other Writings (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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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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