Apr 27, 2006 · But Pascal is one of those writers who will be and who must be studied afresh by men in every generation. It is not he who changes, but we who change. It is not our knowledge …

The Pensées (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 …

They are scarcely seen; they are felt rather than seen; there is the greatest difficulty in making them felt by those who do not of themselves perceive them.

The pattern, not only of the Pensées, but of all Pascal’s religious writing, is the stark contrast between man in his state of fallen nature and in a state of grace.

SECTION I: THOUGHTS ON MIND AND ON STYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. SECTION II: THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. SECTION III: OF THE NECESSITY OF …

We must regard the Pensées as merely the first notes for a work which he left far from completion; we have, in Sainte-Beuve’s words, a tower of which the stones have been laid on …

The 1976 edition by Philippe Sellier reflects, as Brunschvicg’s doesn’t, facts about the condition and order in which Pascal left the papers making up the Pensées; but Brunschvicg’s, followed …

The Pensées (1669–70; “Thoughts”; Eng. trans. Pensées) of Blaise Pascal present an uncompromising reminder of the spiritual values of the Christian faith.

Dans Les Pensées, Pascal entreprend une apologie de la religion chrétienne en vue de convaincre les athées et les indifférents de son bien-fondé et de les amener ainsi à se …

Dec 1, 1995 · The Penseés is a collection in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and—above all—theological terms.