Download or read book The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal written by Blaise Pascal and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Thoughts on religion and evidences of Christianity of Pascal tr with intr notes etc by G Pearce written by Blaise Pascal and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Longing for God written by Richard J. Foster and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you long for the closeness with God that you've tasted in fleeting moments? You can begin to fill that longing by developing your capacity to receive and respond to God's love. In this rich resource Richard Foster and Gayle Beebe introduce you to people from the past who have known God deeply and model the seven paths to intimacy with God from Christian history.
Download or read book Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects written by Blaise Pascal and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pascal s Pens es written by Blaise Pascal and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pascal's Pensées or, Thoughts is a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. It represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion, and the concept of "Pascal's wager" stems from a portion of this work.
Download or read book The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal written by Blaise Pascal and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pens es written by Blaise Pascal and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 1973 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to prove that religion is not contrary to reason, "Pensé es" ranks among the liveliest and most eloquent defenses of Christianity. Pascal had intended to write an ambitious apologia for Christianity but his untimely death prevented the work's completion. The fragments remain a vital part of religious and philosophical literature. Introduction by T. S. Eliot.
Download or read book Pensees written by Blaise Pascal and published by Letcetera Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CHRISTIAN CLASSIC "For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is engulfed." -Blaise Pascal, Pensées No. 72 Pascal's most influential theological work, referred to posthumously as the Pensées ("Thoughts"), was not completed before his death. It was to have been a sustained and coherent examination and defense of the Christian faith. The first version of the numerous scraps of paper found after his death appeared in print as a book in 1669 and soon thereafter became a classic. Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece.
Download or read book Pascal s Pens es written by and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a profound journey through Blaise Pascal's thoughts, exploring the intersection of faith, reason, and the essence of being human. Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal: Immerse yourself in the profound musings of the brilliant mathematician and philosopher, Blaise Pascal, with Pascal's Pensées. This collection of thoughts, reflections, and observations offers a captivating exploration of Pascal's intellect and his contemplations on life, faith, and the human condition. Pascal's Pensées is a timeless masterpiece that continues to resonate with readers across centuries. Why This Book? Pascal's Pensées is more than a collection of philosophical ponderings; it's a journey into the depths of human thought and existential questioning. Blaise Pascal's insights challenge and inspire, providing readers with a rich tapestry of ideas that provoke reflection on the complexities of existence. Blaise Pascal, a polymath of the 17th century, leaves an indelible mark on intellectual history with Pascal's Pensées. This book is a testament to Pascal's brilliance, inviting readers to engage with his timeless reflections on the profound mysteries of life.
Download or read book Making Sense of It All written by Thomas V. Morris and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1992-10-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas V. Morris discusses life, death, religion, the nature of faith and more. This captivating book is ideal both for thoughtful unbelievers who consider Christianity unreasonable, and Christians wanting to know how to share their faith with sceptics. Writing in an engaging, conversational style, Morris takes an intriguing new look at the big questions that keep coming up -- questions about life, death, God, religion, the nature of faith, the formation of an adequate worldview, and the meaning of life. Morris explores these kinds of questions in an earnest yet thoroughly entertaining and easily readable way, relating numerous personal anecdotes, incorporating intriguing material from the films of Woody Allen and the journals of Tolstoy, and using the writings of the seventeenth-century genius Blaise Pascal as a central guide.
Download or read book Pensees written by Blaise Pascal and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaise Pascal set out to produce a monumental work of Christian apologetics but his untimely death meant that only his fragmentary notes--his thoughts--would be passed on to future generations. The 'random' notes of most people would not be worth preserving; not so with Blaise Pascal. Not only do his 'thoughts' continue to provoke new insights into the Christian religion, but they were praised as among the finest in French literature. This edition comes with an index for tracking down concepts and tracing Pascal's sophisticated reasoning throughout the volume.
Download or read book Blaise Pascal Thoughts written by Blaise Pascal and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaise Pascal was one of the great geniuses of humanity and developed important works as a physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic thinker. Born in France, while still young, he was responsible for significant advancements in the study of fluids, natural and applied sciences, and particularly in mathematics, being one of the precursors of probability analysis. From a mystical experience in 1654, he began to dedicate himself intensely to philosophy and theology, areas in which he also excelled. His work "Pensées" condenses his worldview into faith and spirituality. In it, we find what is probably his most quoted phrase: "The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing."
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Download or read book Pensees written by Blaise Pascal and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true," declared Pascal in his Penseés. "The cure for this," he explained, "is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it is." Motivated by the 17th-century view of the supremacy of human reason, Pascal (1623–1662) intended to write an ambitious apologia for Christianity, in which he argued the inability of reason to address metaphysical problems. While Pascal's untimely death prevented his completion of the work, these fragments published posthumously in 1670 as Penseés remain a vital part of religious and philosophical literature. Introduction by T. S. Eliot.
Download or read book Neither Angel nor Beast written by Francis X.J. Coleman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaise Pascal began as a mathematical prodigy, developed into a physicist and inventor, and had become by the end of his life in 1662 a profound religious thinker. As a philosopher, he was most convinced by the long tradition of scepticism, and so refused – like Kierkegaard – to build a philosophical or theological system. Instead, he argued that the human heart required other forms of discourse to come to terms with the basic existential questions – our nature, purpose and relationship with God. This introduction to the life and philosophical thought of Pascal is intended for the general reader. Strikingly illustrated, it traces the antithetical tensions in Pascal’s life from his infancy, when he was said to have been placed under the spell of a sorceress, to his final years of extreme asceticism. Pascal stressed both the misery and greatness of humanity, our finitude and our comprehension of the infinite. The book shows how his life, philosophical thought and literary style can best be understood in the light of the paradoxical view of human nature. It covers the methods of argument and the central issues of the Provincial Letters and of the Pensées; the Introduction places Pascal’s thought in the religious and political climate of seventeenth-century France, and a ‘Chronology of the Life of Pascal’ is also included.
Download or read book The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal written by Blaise Pascal and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface 5Pascal's Profession of Faith 12General Introduction 13Notes for the General Introduction 20The Misery of Man Without God 22Preface to the First Part 22Man's Disproportion 24Diversion 38The Greatness and Littleness of Man 47Of the Deceptive Powers of the Imagination 53Of Justice, Customs, and Prejudices 63The Weakness, Unrest, and Defects of Man 75The Happiness of Man with God 89Preface to the Second Part 89Of the Need of Seeking Truth 92The Philosophers 102Thoughts on Mahomet and on China 111Of the Jewish People 114The Authenticity of the Sacred Books 118The Prophecies 123Of Types in General and of their Lawfulness 151That the Jewish Law was Figurative 161Of the True Religion and its Characteristics 171The Excellence of the Christian Religion 175Of Original Sin 181The Perpetuity of the Christian Religion 187Proofs of the Christian Religion 193Proofs of the Divinity of Jesus Christ 202The Mission and Greatness of Jesus Christ 214The Mystery of Jesus 220Of the True Righteous Man and of the True Christian 226The Arrangement 241Of Miracles in General 244Jesuits and Jansenists 260Thoughts on Style 289Various Thoughts 294Excerpt: Those to whom the Life of Pascal and the Story of Port Royal are unknown, must be referred to works treating fully of the subject, since it were impossible to deal with them adequately within the limits of a preface. Sainte-Beuve's great work on Port Royal, especially the second and third volumes, and "Port Royal," by Charles Beard, B.A., London, 1863, may best be consulted by any who require full, lucid, and singularly impartial information.But for such as, already acquainted with the time and the man, need a recapitulation of the more important facts, or for those who may find an outline map useful of the country they are to study in detail, a few words are here given.Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne, on June 19, 1623. He sprung from a well-known legal family, many members of which had held lucrative and responsible positions. His father, Etienne Pascal, held the post of intendant, or provincial administrator, in Normandy, where, and at Paris previously, Pascal lived from the age of sixteen to that of twenty-five; almost wholly educated by his father on account of his precarious health. His mother died when he was eight years old. Etienne Pascal was a pious but stern person, and by no means disposed to entertain or allow any undue exaltation in religion, refusing as long as he lived to allow his daughter Jaqueline to take the veil. But he had the usual faiths and superstitions of his time, and believing that his son's ill-health arose from witchcraft, employed the old woman who was supposed to have caused the malady to remove it, by herbs culled before sunrise, and the expiatory death of a cat. This made a great impression on his son, who in the "Thoughts" employs an ingenious argument to prove that wonders wrought by the invocation of the devil are not, in the proper sense of the term, miracles. At any rate the counter-charm was incomplete, as the child's feeble health remained feeble to the end.Intellectually, Blaise Pascal grew rapidly to the stature and strength of a giant; his genius showing itself mainly in the direction of mathematics; at the age of fifteen his studies on conic sections were thought worthy to be read before the most scientific men of Paris, and in after years of agonizing pain mathematical research alone was able to calm him, and distract his mind from himself. His actual reading was at all times narrow, and his scholarship was not profound. In 1646, his father, having broken his thigh at Rouen, came under the influence of two members of the Jansenist school of thought at that place...
