Blaise Pascal, Auguste Molinier, C Kegan Paul (Charles Kegan)

The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

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Produktbeschreibung

Blaise Pascal's "The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal" offers a profound exploration of faith, reason, and the human condition. A cornerstone of religious philosophy and Christian apologetics, this collection delves into Pascal's reflections on religion, spirituality, and the existence of God. Pascal grapples with fundamental questions of belief, examining the tensions between faith and logic. His work presents a compelling argument for the Christian faith, addressing doubts and uncertainties with intellectual rigor and spiritual insight. "The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal" remains a relevant and thought-provoking work for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and philosophy. This meticulously prepared print edition preserves the timeless wisdom of Pascal's writings, offering readers a chance to engage with one of history's most influential thinkers on matters of faith and the human search for meaning. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781023279208
• ISBN-10: 1023279207
• Artikelnr.: 74099079

Autorenporträt

Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 - 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method. In 1642, while still a teenager, he started some pioneering work on calculating machines. After three years of effort and 50 prototypes, he built 20 finished machines (called Pascal's calculators and later Pascalines) over the following 10 years, establishing him as one of the first two inventors of the mechanical calculator. Pascal was an important mathematician, helping create two major new areas of research: he wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of 16, and later corresponded with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science. Following Galileo Galilei and Torricelli, in 1647, he rebutted Aristotle's followers who insisted that nature abhors a vacuum. Pascal's results caused many disputes before being accepted. In 1646, he and his sister Jacqueline identified with the religious movement within Catholicism known by its detractors as Jansenism. Following a religious experience in late 1654, he began writing influential works on philosophy and theology. His two most famous works date from this period: the Lettres provinciales and the Pensees, the former set in the conflict between Jansenists and Jesuits. In that year, he also wrote an important treatise on the arithmetical triangle. Between 1658 and 1659, he wrote on the cycloid and its use in calculating the volume of solids. Throughout his life, Pascal was in frail health, especially after the age of 18; he died just two months after his 39th birthday.