Blaise Pascal's famous Pensees (Thoughts) is, in reality, a collection of notes he made for a book he never wrote. Many of the thoughts are fragmentary in nature, and the sectionalising and numbering was devised by a later editor. Yet they contain the key ideas of his religious philosophy, including his famous wager, as well as many other insights and ideas such as his celebrated comment on Cleopatra's nose. This edition contains notes, a topical index, and T. S. Eliot's introduction. Eliot says "Pascal is one of those writers who will be and who must be studied afresh by men in every...

Quatorzieme lettre provinciale by Blaise Pascal. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1883 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes."

Ce livre un essai publie a titre posthume de Blaise Pascal, issue de plusieurs papiers retrouves et rassembles apres sa mort. Le theme principal de cette uvre est une apologetique c'est-a-dire la defense de la religion chretienne contre les sceptiques et les libres-penseurs. Le projet apologetique de Pascal demontre que l'homme, dans son orgueil et son amas de concupiscence, ne peut trouver la paix interieure et le veritable bonheur qu'en Dieu. Selon lui, c'est la relation brisee entre l'Homme et son Createur qui produit chez l'humain l'insatisfaction constante de la vie qu'il mene, et le...