Pensées

About this book

Blaise Pascal's Pensées are the fragments of the apology for the Christian faith he was preparing when he died in 1662, published after his death in 1670. Notes on man's wretchedness and greatness, on miracles and prophecy, and the famous wager argument appear side by side. Few books say so much in so few words, or search the reader so closely.

Contents

1. PENSÉES
2. SECTION I: THOUGHTS ON MIND AND ON STYLE
3. SECTION II: THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD · Part 1
4. SECTION II: THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD · Part 2 🔒
5. SECTION II: THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD · Part 3 🔒
6. SECTION III: OF THE NECESSITY OF THE WAGER 🔒
7. SECTION IV: OF THE MEANS OF BELIEF 🔒
8. SECTION V: JUSTICE AND THE REASON OF EFFECTS 🔒
9. SECTION VI: THE PHILOSOPHERS 🔒
10. SECTION VII: MORALITY AND DOCTRINE · Part 1 🔒
11. SECTION VII: MORALITY AND DOCTRINE · Part 2 🔒
12. SECTION VII: MORALITY AND DOCTRINE · Part 3 🔒
13. SECTION VIII: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION 🔒
14. SECTION IX: PERPETUITY 🔒
15. SECTION X: TYPOLOGY 🔒
16. SECTION XI: THE PROPHECIES 🔒
17. SECTION XII: PROOFS OF JESUS CHRIST 🔒
18. SECTION XIII: THE MIRACLES 🔒
19. SECTION XIV: APPENDIX: POLEMICAL FRAGMENTS 🔒