It was written by blaise pascal, a frenchman, in the 1600s, and was published a short time after his death in 1662. The difference between the mathematical and the intuitive mind. Blaise pascal by blaise pascal, translated by william finlayson trotter. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The project gutenberg ebook of pascals pensees, by blaise pascal. Pascals religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism and this was in many ways his lifes work. Pensees by blaise pascal, free pdf, ebook global grey. Blaise pascalthoughts wikisource, the free online library. Pascal s religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism and this was in many ways his lifes work. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. The project gutenberg ebook of pascals pensees, by blaise.
The pensees literally thoughts is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by 17thcentury philosopher and mathematician blaise pascal. Originally intending to publish a book defending christianity, pascal died before he could complete it. It seems just possible that in the latter edition, and also in his biographical study pascal. This page was last edited on 19 january 2018, at 12.
A brief introduction the wager by blaise pascal certainly true of every. During his short life he left his mark on mathematics, physics, religious controversy and literature. The pensees is simply the compelling thoughts of mathematician, physicist, and religious thinker blaise pascal. Descargar pensamientos blaise pascal en pdf libros.
Blaise pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of descartes, was a. Philosophy blaise pascal the french 17th century philosopher blaise pascal is one of the worlds great pessimists with an unusual power to cheer us up. I know of no religious writer more pertinent to our time. The thoughts and ideas for his book were collected and complied, posthumously, and then published as the pensees.
Table of contents for pascals pensees, a digital book in the international school of theologys cyber library which is a digital library for graduate seminary research, personal, and. After the death of french scientistpolemicist blaise pascal 16231662, his friends discovered among his papers a variety of jottings on religion. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in rouen. Blaise pascal was born in clermont in 1623, the son of a government official.
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