Pensees

Description

Product ID:	9780140446456
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Pensees
Authors:	Author: Blaise Pascal, A. Krailsheimer
Page Count:	368
Subjects:	Philosophy of religion, Philosophy of religion
Description:	Select Guide Rating A collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which the author explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. A passionate defence of religious faith by the great seventeenth-century philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal was the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensées is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all, theological terms. Humankind emerges from Pascal''s analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but also as a being whose existence can be transformed through faith in God''s grace. Translated with an Introduction by A. J. Krailsheimer
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1995-07-27

Weight	272 g
Dimensions	198 × 133 × 20 mm