Pensées and Other Writings

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Blaise Pascal Honor Levi (Teacher, Teacher, St Leonard's School, St Andrew's, Fife)

Pensées and Other Writings

Blaise Pascal, Honor Levi (Teacher, Teacher, St Leonard's School, St Andrew's, Fife), Anthony Levi (Retired Professor of French, Retired Professor of French, St Andrews)

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Oxford University Press
08 May 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; History of Western philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

Series: Oxford World's Classics

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.

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By: Blaise Pascal
Edited by: Anthony Levi (Retired Professor of French Retired Professor of French St Andrews)
Translated by: Honor Levi (Teacher Teacher St Leonard's School St Andrew's Fife)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 225g
ISBN: 9780199540365
ISBN 10: 0199540365
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 08 May 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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