Project Gutenberg 2006-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 6181 Pascal, Blaise 1623 1662 Montalte, Louis de Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888 1965 Eliot, Thomas Stearns Pascal's Pensées Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es Produced by John Hagerson, LN Yaddanapudi, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Pascal's Pensées" by Blaise Pascal is a philosophical work written in the 17th century. It consists of a collection of thoughts, reflections, and notes that explore the nature of humanity, faith, and the human condition. The text delves into profound religious and existential questions, emphasizing the struggle between reason and faith as well as the inherent misery of humanity without God. The opening of "Pascal's Pensées" begins with an introduction by T.S. Eliot, who highlights Blaise Pascal's significance as both a mathematician and a religious thinker. Eliot outlines Pascal's life, his early brilliance in scientific endeavors, and his eventual turn towards spiritual matters, particularly influenced by his connection to Jansenism. The text introduces the central themes that will be expanded upon in the subsequent sections, contrasting human misery without divine understanding and the philosophical inquiries that attempt to grapple with these existential dilemmas. As the reader embarks on this journey, they are invited to reflect on the complexities of belief and the nature of the human spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Apologetics -- Early works to 1800 Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800 Catholic Church -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800 B Text Harvard Classics Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 871688 2025-06-08T03:49:47.937520 text/html 889161 2006-04-27T13:26:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 281147 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 383570 2025-06-08T03:50:17.843842 application/epub+zip 386687 2025-06-08T03:49:56.864445 application/epub+zip 386687 2025-06-08T03:49:52.114503 application/epub+zip 763563 2025-06-08T03:50:29.814792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 695446 2025-06-08T03:50:11.240969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668987 2022-09-08T15:36:07.060680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663296 2025-06-08T03:49:44.410516 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 663171 2006-04-27T13:26:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 243029 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 662913 2006-04-27T13:27:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 242550 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 663000 2006-04-27T13:27:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242357 2006-04-27T13:27:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24275 2025-06-08T03:50:30.028839 application/rdf+xml 14947 2025-06-08T03:49:52.836457 image/jpeg 3795 2025-06-08T03:49:52.481456 image/jpeg 337246 2025-06-08T03:49:48.000572 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia