Pascal The Philosopher

Author : Graeme Hunter
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442667006

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Pascal the Philosopher by Graeme Hunter Pdf

Blaise Pascal has always been appreciated as a literary giant and a religious guide, but has received only grudging recognition as a philosopher: philosophers have mistaken Pascal’s harsh criticism of their discipline as a rejection of it. But according to Graeme Hunter, Pascal’s critics have simply failed to grasp his lean, but powerful conception of philosophy. This accessibly written book provides the first introduction to Pascal’s philosophy as an organic whole. Hunter argues that Pascal’s aim is not merely to humble philosophy, but to save it from a kind of failure to which it is prone. He lays out Pascal’s development of a more promising and fruitful path for philosophical inquiry, one that responded to the scientific, religious, and political upheaval of his time. Finally, Hunter illuminates Pascal’s significance for contemporary readers, allowing him to emerge as the rare philosopher who is spiritual, literary, and rigorous all at once – both a brilliant controversialist and a thinker of substance.

Author : Douglas Groothuis
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015055826450

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On Pascal by Douglas Groothuis Pdf

ON PASCAL, like other titles in the Wadsworth Philosopher's Series, offers a concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to this philosopher's most important ideas. Presenting the most important insights of well over a hundred seminal philosophers in both the Eastern and Western traditions, the Wadsworth Philosophers Series contains volumes written by scholars noted for their excellence in teaching and for their well-versed comprehension of each featured philosopher's major works and contributions. These titles have proven valuable in a number of ways. Serving as standalone texts when tackling a philosophers' original sources or as helpful resources for focusing philosophy students' engagements with these philosopher's often conceptually daunting works, these titles have also gained extraordinary popularity with a lay readership and quite often serve as "refreshers" for philosophy instructors.

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780140446456

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Pens閑s by Blaise Pascal Pdf

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 Penseés is a collection of philosohical fragments, notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in pscyhological, social, metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but who can be transformed through faith in God's grace. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Roger Hazelton
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4250196

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Blaise Pascal: the Genius of His Thought by Roger Hazelton Pdf

An introduction to Pascal's thought on the total self, humanity, and infinity reveals his distinctive approach to philosophical problems.

Author : John J. Conley S.J.
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268105167

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The Other Pascals by John J. Conley S.J. Pdf

There have been many studies analyzing the philosophy of Blaise Pascal, but this book is the first full-length study of the philosophies of his sisters, Jacqueline Pascal and Gilberte Pascal Périer, and his niece, Marguerite Périer. While these women have long been presented as the disciples, secretaries, correspondents, and nurses of their brother and uncle, each woman developed a distinctive philosophy that is more than auxiliary to the thought of Blaise Pascal. The unique philosophical voice of each Pascal woman is studied in The Other Pascals. As the headmistress of the Port-Royal convent school, Jacqueline Pascal made important contributions to the philosophy of education. Gilberte Pascal Périer wrote the first philosophical biographies of Blaise and Jacqueline. Marguerite Périer defended freedom of conscience against coercion by political and religious superiors. Each of these women authors speaks in a gendered voice, emphasizing the right of women to develop a philosophical and theological culture and to resist commands to blind obedience by paternal, political, or ecclesiastical authorities. The Other Pascals will be of keen interest to readers interested in early modern philosophy, history, literature, and religion. The book will also appeal to those with an interest in women’s studies and French studies.

Author : Blaise Pascal,W. F. Trotter,T. S. Eliot
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0486432556

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Pensees by Blaise Pascal,W. F. Trotter,T. S. Eliot Pdf

"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.

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141964126

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Human Happiness by Blaise Pascal Pdf

Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction and real joy in life – or whether a belief in God is a wise gamble at best. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Dutton Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : PSU:000008301321

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Pensées by Blaise Pascal Pdf

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.

Author : Mary Ann Caws
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780237688

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Blaise Pascal by Mary Ann Caws Pdf

Few people have had as many influences on as many different fields as true Renaissance man Blaise Pascal. At once a mathematician, philosopher, theologian, physicist, and engineer, Pascal’s discoveries, experiments, and theories helped usher in a modern world of scientific thought and methodology. In this singular book on this singular genius, distinguished scholar Mary Ann Caws explores the rich contributions of this extraordinary thinker, interweaving his writings and discoveries with an account of his life and career and the wider intellectual world of his time. Caws takes us back to Pascal’s youth, when he was a child prodigy first engaging mathematics through the works of mathematicians such as Father Mersenne. She describes his early scientific experiments and his construction of mechanical calculating machines; she looks at his correspondence with important thinkers such as René Descartes and Pierre de Fermat; she surveys his many inventions, such as the first means of public transportation in Paris; and she considers his later religious exaltations in works such as the “Memorial.” Along the way, Caws examines Pascal’s various modes of writing—whether he is arguing with the strict puritanical modes of church politics, assuming the personality of a naïve provincial trying to understand the Jesuitical approach, offering pithy aphorisms in the Pensées, or meditating on thinking about thinking itself. Altogether, this book lays side by side many aspects of Pascal’s life and work that are seldom found in a single volume: his religious motivations and faith, his scientific passions, and his practical savvy. The result is a comprehensive but easily approachable account of a fascinating and influential figure.

Author : Ben Rogers
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781780221649

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The Great Philosophers:Pascal by Ben Rogers Pdf

Pascal 1623-1662 The moralist who advocated dressing up, the ascetic who liked a flutter, the devout Christian who lauded vanity, Pascal is a funnier, more ironic philosopher than his reputation as an anguished existentialist would suggest. Yet however irreverent the terms of his ironic project, its underlying impetus is both serious and profound. In this superb new introduction to the thinker and his thought, Ben Rogers demonstrates the deep wisdom of Pascal's defence of popular folly - a defence which he used to highlight the higher delusions of the learned. Setting the Pensées in the context of Pascal's life and philosophical career, Rogers reveals how their apparent frivolity underpins a fascinating, far-reaching and still challenging body of moral and political thought. His remarkable guide offers an eye-opening account of the work of a marvellous and much neglected thinker.

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781627933643

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Pascal's Pensees by Blaise Pascal Pdf

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

Author : Francis X.J. Coleman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135980337

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Neither Angel nor Beast by Francis X.J. Coleman Pdf

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.

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Cervantes Digital
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9791222491684

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Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal Pdf

Step into the intellectual world of Blaise Pascal with "Pascal's Pensées," a collection of profound and thought-provoking reflections that transcends the boundaries of time. Within the pages of this literary masterpiece, Pascal, a brilliant mathematician and philosopher of the 17th century, invites readers on a journey of contemplation and introspection. In "Pascal's Pensées," one encounters a tapestry of ideas exploring the human condition, faith, and the enigmatic nature of existence. Pascal's razor-sharp intellect delves into the complexities of belief, offering a nuanced perspective on religion and reason. From musings on the fragility of human life to profound reflections on the vastness of the cosmos, each entry in this collection is a gem that sparkles with intellectual brilliance. As you navigate through Pascal's labyrinth of thoughts, you'll find yourself captivated by the elegance of his prose and the depth of his insights. This timeless work not only unveils the philosophical musings of a great mind but also serves as an invitation to engage in a dialogue with the fundamental questions that have intrigued humanity for centuries. "Pascal's Pensées" is not just a book; it's an intellectual odyssey that continues to resonate with readers, inviting them to explore the intricate tapestry of human existence.

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B286389

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The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal Pdf

Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1497800897

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Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy by Blaise Pascal Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.