Pensées. (1995)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Pensées. (1995)
- Main Title:
- Pensées
- Uniform Title:
- Pensées.
- Further Information:
- Note: Pascal ; translated with an introduction by A.J. Krailsheimer.
- Other Names:
- Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662
Krailsheimer, A. J - Contents:
- Section one: Papers classified by Pascal (Pascal's titles) -- Order -- Vanity -- Wretchedness -- Boredom -- Causes and effects -- Greatness -- Contradictions -- Diversion -- Philosophers -- The sovereign good -- APR -- Beginning -- Submission and use of reason -- Excellence of this means of proving God -- Transition from knowledge of man to knowledge of God -- Nature is corrupt -- Falseness of other religions -- Make religion attractive -- Foundations -- Figurative law -- Rabbinism -- Perpetuity -- Proofs of Moses -- Proofs of Jesus Christ -- Prophecies -- Particular figures -- Christian morality -- Conclusion. Section two: Papers not classified by Pascal (translator's titles) -- Various -- The wager -- Against indifference -- Eternal judgment, Christ -- Two essential truths of Christianity -- Advantages of Jewish people -- True Jews and true Christians have same religion -- Particularity of Jewish people -- Perpetuity of Jewish people -- Proofs of religion -- Prophecies -- Particular prophecies -- Daniel -- Isaiah and Jeremiah: Latin texts -- Prophecies -- Prophecies -- Prophecies: the Jews and Christ -- Figurative meanings -- Belief. Classical quotations -- Two types of mind -- Mathematical and intuitive mind -- Various -- Various -- Human nature. Style. Jesuits etc. -- Sources of error -- Diversion. Draft prefaces -- Superiority of Christianity. Human behaviour -- Relativity of human values. The Bible and its truth -- Habit and conversion -- Figurative language in Bible.Section one: Papers classified by Pascal (Pascal's titles) -- Order -- Vanity -- Wretchedness -- Boredom -- Causes and effects -- Greatness -- Contradictions -- Diversion -- Philosophers -- The sovereign good -- APR -- Beginning -- Submission and use of reason -- Excellence of this means of proving God -- Transition from knowledge of man to knowledge of God -- Nature is corrupt -- Falseness of other religions -- Make religion attractive -- Foundations -- Figurative law -- Rabbinism -- Perpetuity -- Proofs of Moses -- Proofs of Jesus Christ -- Prophecies -- Particular figures -- Christian morality -- Conclusion. Section two: Papers not classified by Pascal (translator's titles) -- Various -- The wager -- Against indifference -- Eternal judgment, Christ -- Two essential truths of Christianity -- Advantages of Jewish people -- True Jews and true Christians have same religion -- Particularity of Jewish people -- Perpetuity of Jewish people -- Proofs of religion -- Prophecies -- Particular prophecies -- Daniel -- Isaiah and Jeremiah: Latin texts -- Prophecies -- Prophecies -- Prophecies: the Jews and Christ -- Figurative meanings -- Belief. Classical quotations -- Two types of mind -- Mathematical and intuitive mind -- Various -- Various -- Human nature. Style. Jesuits etc. -- Sources of error -- Diversion. Draft prefaces -- Superiority of Christianity. Human behaviour -- Relativity of human values. The Bible and its truth -- Habit and conversion -- Figurative language in Bible. Human relations. Section three: Miracles -- Opinion of Saint-Cyran -- Rules for miracles -- Miracles for Port Royal against Jesuits. Section four: Fragments not found in the first copy -- The memorial -- Fragmanets in the Recueil Original -- The Mystery of Jesus -- Fragments from other sources -- Self-love -- Sayings attributed to Pascal -- Additional Pensees. … (more)
- Edition:
- Revised edition
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Penguin Books Penguin Books USA
- Publication Date:
- 1995
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 333 pages)
- Subjects:
- 230/.2
Apologetics -- Early works to 1800
Apologetics
Theology, Doctrinal
Electronic books
Apologetic writings
Early works
Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800
Doctrines -- Early works to 1800 - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781101487907
1101487909
9780141915647
0141915641 - Related ISBNs:
- 0140446451
9780140446456 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (page xxxii).
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