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Pensées

By Blaise Pascal

2019-10-08 23:46:47

The Pensées ("Thoughts") is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many w ... Read more
The Pensées ("Thoughts") is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. The Pensées represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion. The concept of "Pascal's wager" stems from a portion of this work. Less

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File size318.8 KB
Print pages334
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2005-03-15
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-0140446456
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector ...

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