Pensées / Pascal ; translated with an introduction by A.J. Krailsheimer.
Pensées / Pascal ; translated with an introduction by A.J. Krailsheimer.
Pensées / Pascal ; translated with an introduction by A.J. Krailsheimer.
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Publisher
Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin (Firm), 1966.
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Date
1966.
Call Numbers
DH/1042
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Language
English
French
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Physical content
359 p. ; 18 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
[Pt.] 1. Papers classified by Pascal (Pascal's titles). Order ; Vanity ; Wretchedness ; Boredom ; Causes and effects ; Greatness ; Contradictions ; Diversion ; Philosophers ; The sovereign good ; At Port Royal ; Beginning ; Submission and use of reason ; Excellence of this means of proving God ; Tra...
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Publisher
Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin (Firm), 1966.
Series
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1966.
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Summary
These are the notes which the great French mathematician and physicist jotted down in preparation for a reasoned defence of Christian belief. Their crude form brings home Pascal's insight into religious truths and the nature of human life with peculiar and haunting force.
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Pensées / Pascal ; translated with an introduction by A.J. Krailsheimer.
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General note
Penguin classics
Translation of: Pensees.
Mitchell Library copy at DH/1042: Part of the Donald Horne Collection, East Bank, Shelf 12.
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DH/1042
Record Identifier
74VKVoGjlegg
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ISBN
0140441719
9780140441710
DDC
239
MMS ID
991024168716302626
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