A Book of Narrative Verse (The World's Classics series, No. 350)

Collins, V H (compiler); Blunden, Edmund (introduction)

ISBN 10: 0192836552 / ISBN 13: 9780192836557

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1958

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Reprint. xx, 412pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 16mo. Boards a little worn, gently rounded on corners, very slightly faded over spine. Some spotting on endpapers, and the odd very small corner crease. Ownership stamp on front paste down; previous owner's name neatly inked on front free endpaper. In its original dust jacket, faded, rubbed and worn at edges, a little chapped at spine ends and crease along spine. Classic Literature, The World's Classics, Series Books.

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• Titolo: A Book of Narrative Verse (The World's Classics series, No. 350)
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 1958
• ISBN 10: 0192836552
• ISBN 13: 9780192836557
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Classic Literature
  • Series Books

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Riassunto

For much of his life Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in its intended form. Instead, he left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These were to become known as the Pensées, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and religious writing. Pascal's general intention was to confound scepticism about metaphysical questions. Some of the Pensées are fully developed literary reflections on the human condition,, some contradict others, and some remain jottings whose meaning will never be clear. The most important are among the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behaviour ever written in any language. This translation is the only one based on the Pensées as Pascal left them. It includes the principal dossiers classified by Pascal, as well as the essential portion of the important Writings on Grace. A detailed thematic index gives access to Pascal's areas of concern, while the selection of texts and the introduction help to show why Pascal changed the plan of his projected work before abandoning the book he might have written.

Contenuti

Pensées; The Art of Persuasion; Writings on Grace