Pensees - Brossura

Pascal, Blaise

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486432556 ISBN 13: 9780486432557

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2004

Riassunto

"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.

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Intended to prove that religion is not contrary to reason, Pensees 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.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0486432556
• ISBN 13: 9780486432557
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320