Blaise Pascal

Selections from the Thoughts

Übersetzer: Beattie, Arthur H

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 1965
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 185mm x 122mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780882950655
• ISBN-10: 0882950657
• Artikelnr.: 22534596

Autorenporträt

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Arthur H. Beattie is the translator and editor of Selections from The Thoughts, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION VII
PRINCIPAL DATES IN THE LIFE OF BLAISE PASCAL XV
PART I-THE STATE OF MAN IN IGNORANCE OF GOD 1
Section A-General Plan 1
Section B-The Two Infinites 3
Section C-The Self 11
Section D-Human Reason and Judgment 17
Section E-Man's Nature 31
Section F-Observations on Man in Society 45
Section G-Moral Values and Justice 52
PART II- THE WAGER 61
Section A-Against Atheists and Skeptics 61
Section B-Momentous Importance of Religion 70
Section C-Christian Faith and Why We Must Choose It 80
PART III-THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 96
Section A-Truths of Reason and of the Heart 96
Section B-Original Sin and Grace 98
Section C-The Mystery of Jesus 109
Section D-The Christian's Fears and Joys 116
BIBLIOGRAPHY 123