Written by blaise pascal, audiobook narrated by william sutherland. The thoughts and ideas for his book were collected and complied, posthumously, and then published as the pensees. He is regarded by many as the greatest of french prose stylists. A detailed thematic index gives access to pascals areas of concern, while the selection of texts and the introduction help to show why pascal changed the plan of his projected work before abandoning the book he might have written. Buy pascal s pensees by blaise pascal online at alibris. The pensees represented pascals defense of the christian religion. The four best books on or by blaise pascal the daily idea.
Blaise pascals pensees is simply put, a book of wisdom. This page contains a list of the best books on or by blaise pascal. Blaise pascal, pensees let each of us examine his thoughts. And in this book the parts devoted to pascal himself are among the most brilliant pages of criticism. His inventions and discoveries, which included an early version of the calculator, promoted developments in geometry, physics, and computer science and influenced latterday thinkers such as newton and. The best book for you will depend on your preferred learning style and the amount of time that you want to spend reading about pascal. List of books and articles about blaise pascal online.
This page contains details about the nonfiction book pensees by blaise pascal published in 1670. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Pensees by blaise pascal, free pdf, ebook global grey. He lost his mother, antoinette begon, at the age of three. Originally intending to publish a book defending christianity, pascal died before he could complete it. Blaise pascal 162362 left his mark on mathematics, physics, religious controversy and literature. His theory of conic sections and probability theory are well known. Jan 04, 2014 pascals pensees is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in french prose.
He was exceedingly precocious, indeed excessively precocious, for his application to studies in childhood and adolescence impaired his health, and is held respon. Pensees blaise pascal and men of intuition who are only intuitive cannot have the patience to reach to first principles of things speculative and conceptual, which they have never seen in the world and which are altogether out of the common. Pascals religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism and this was in many ways his lifes work. Blaise pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of descartes, was a gifted mathematician and. Pascals religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the pensees was in many ways his lifes work. Pensees which means thoughts is more a series of notes than an actual book. Will durant, in his 11volume, comprehensive the story of civilization series. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. An unusually creative mathematician, he developed a number of theorems and mathematical structures, including the beginnings of. This book is the 11th greatest nonfiction book of all time as determined by. In large part due to peter kreefts book christianity for modern pagans, there is a growing recognition that blaise pascal fits that mold in the realm of christian apologetics. French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher blaise pascal 162362 laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities. It is still, tragically, sometimes assumed that the best way to cheer someone up is to tell them that everything will turn out all right. This book, representing pascals pensees, or thoughts, contains many provocative views that have managed to arouse critics from many different perspectives.
If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural blaise pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of. Blaise pascal the book of life is the brain of the school of life, a gathering of the best ideas around wisdom and emotional intelligence. Studying under the direction of his father, a civil servant, pascal showed great precocity, especially in mathematics and science. The project gutenberg ebook of pascals pensees, by blaise.
The project gutenberg ebook of pascals pensees, by blaise pascal this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. Pascals pensees is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in french prose. The pensees is simply the compelling thoughts of mathematician, physicist, and religious thinker blaise pascal. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Blaise pascal books list of books by author blaise pascal. The book seemed to me to be too fragmented and disjointed to make a sustained argument. Jan 09, 2019 this page contains a list of the best books on or by blaise pascal. The pensees thoughts is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by 17thcentury philosopher and mathematician blaise pascal. Roger ariew masterfully renders the oddities of seventeenthcentury french vocabulary and syntax in this eloquent and philosophically astute translation the first complete english translation based on the sellier edition of pascals manuscript, widely accepted as the version closest to what pascal intended. About the author 2003 french mathematician blaise pascal did much to set in motion what is known today as modern mathematics.
French mathematician blaise pascal did much to set in motion what is known today as modern mathematics. Good press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. A pioneer in mathematics and physics before the age of 30, pascals brilliance was appreciated in other fields before he wrote about religion. Just to be clear, there is no single best book on pascal. Those honour nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything, even on theology. It was written by blaise pascal, a frenchman, in the 1600s, and was published a short time after his death in 1662. Pascal was an ardent believer in the christian religion. Intended to be a defense of the christian religion, pensees is a penetrating collection of thoughts on faith, reason, and theology. Buy pascals pensees by blaise pascal online at alibris. Pensees quotes by blaise pascal goodreads share book. The pensees or thoughts is a collection of writings by blaise pascal, one of the great philosophers and mathematicians of the seventeenth century.
Blaise pascal pascals pensees is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in french prose. This unfinished apology for christianity was meant to confound the followers of descartes by emphasizing the inadequacy of reason. The pensees was intended as a defense of christianity, but pascal died before the book could be fully edited and published. As merely a collection of thoughts jotted down in a notebook from the mind of one of the most brilliant of men to live, it qualifies as one of the most lucid collections of thoughts. An unusually creative mathematician, he developed a number of theorems and mathematical structures, including the beginnings of probability theory and a more sophisticated understanding of the geometry of conic structures. Contained in a black slipcase which has one or two minor marks. Apr 27, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Introduction concordance between the present edition and that of p. The pensees literally thoughts is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by 17thcentury philosopher and mathematician blaise pascal. Pascal was born in clermontferrand, which is in frances auvergne region. The pensees is a collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, blaise pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the christian religion upon which his reputation now rests.
The wager by blaise pascal blaise pascal, thoemmes about the author early in life blaise pascal 16231662 pursued interests in physics and mathematics. Pensees blaise pascal translated with a revised introduction by a. They all describe the brilliant universal genius, details of whose life and times are sketched in the chronology on page xv. An 800page scholarly overview is unlikely to be best for someone looking for a short beginnerfriendly introduction, for example. Pensees by blaise pascal, 2005 online research library. Blaise pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. And while there are several strains of pascals thought that i considerably dissent from, it can hardly be denied that in many ways, pascals insights into human character as it relates. The pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all, theological terms. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Blaise pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of descartes, was a. A convert to jansenism, he engaged in passionate debate with the jesuits the results of which are the lettres provincales, on which, with pensees, his fame now rests.
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