Project Gutenberg 2006-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 6513 Pascal, Blaise 1623 1662 Montalte, Louis de Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888 1965 Eliot, Thomas Stearns Pascal's Pensées Produced by John Hagerson, LN Yaddanapudi, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Pascal's Pensées" by Blaise Pascal is a philosophical work written in the 17th century. It consists of a collection of thoughts, reflections, and notes that explore the nature of humanity, faith, and the human condition. The text delves into profound religious and existential questions, emphasizing the struggle between reason and faith as well as the inherent misery of humanity without God. The opening of "Pascal's Pensées" begins with an introduction by T.S. Eliot, who highlights Blaise Pascal's significance as both a mathematician and a religious thinker. Eliot outlines Pascal's life, his early brilliance in scientific endeavors, and his eventual turn towards spiritual matters, particularly influenced by his connection to Jansenism. The text introduces the central themes that will be expanded upon in the subsequent sections, contrasting human misery without divine understanding and the philosophical inquiries that attempt to grapple with these existential dilemmas. As the reader embarks on this journey, they are invited to reflect on the complexities of belief and the nature of the human spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Apologetics Philosophy B Text Harvard Classics Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 871398 871407 2024-09-08T06:41:08.327880 2023-09-08T08:53:10.932613 text/html text/html 889161 2006-04-27T13:26:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 281147 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 361754 2024-09-08T06:41:35.677282 application/epub+zip 365201 2024-09-08T06:41:15.917478 application/epub+zip 365201 2024-09-08T06:41:11.865906 application/epub+zip 736960 2024-09-08T06:41:46.883208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668807 2024-09-08T06:41:29.829268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668987 2022-09-08T15:36:07.060680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663220 2024-09-08T06:41:04.526897 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 663171 2006-04-27T13:26:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 243029 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 662913 2006-04-27T13:27:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 242550 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 663000 2006-04-27T13:27:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242357 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23003 2024-09-08T06:41:47.066206 application/rdf+xml 14973 2024-09-08T06:41:12.346878 image/jpeg 3774 2024-09-08T06:41:12.107861 image/jpeg 317915 2024-09-08T06:41:08.392909 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia