Selections from the Thoughts

by Blaise Pascal

Book Overview

Included in this volume are fourteen of the fragments intended for Pascal's Jansenist-inspired defense of the Christian religion. Using the Chevalier edition, these are grouped to present a logical development of three themes, "The State of Man in Ignorance of God," "The Wager," and "The Christian Life." This translation closely follows the French text (cross-referenced with the paragraph numbers of the Brunschvicg edition) and does not conceal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882950657
• ISBN13: 9780882950655
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.3"