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Pascal's Pensées Kindle Edition

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Pascal's Pensées' is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. This book represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion. The concept of "Pascal's Wager" stems from a portion of this work.

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Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher. 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 generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defense of the scientific method. In 1642, while still a teenager, he started some pioneering work on calculating machines, and after three years of effort and 50 prototypes he invented the mechanical calculator. He built 20 of these machines in the following ten years. 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 and Torricelli, in 1646 he refuted 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 mystical experience in late 1654, he had his "second conversion", abandoned his scientific work, and devoted himself to philosophy and theology. His two most famous works date from this period: the Lettres provinciales and the Pensées, the former set in the conflict between Jansenists and Jesuits. In this 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. Pascal had poor health especially after his 18th year and his death came just two months after his 39th birthday. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06X1C8QMB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prabhat Prakashan (March 19, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 19, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2854 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 413 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542442095

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When smart people tell you that smart people do not believe in God, give them Pascal

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2014

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I won't say anymore than the fact that Pascal was a genius, a mathematician, and statetician who reasoned he way to a firm belief in God and Christ. He leaves us with much of his thinking on the subject, and has enriched us with his "thoughts". Christian or atheist, you should read and know Pascal.

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Good book, very basic Kindle edition

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 17, 2011

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Since this is a Kindle freebie, it is hard to have too high of expectations, but this really is a very basic edition. There are no hyperlinks in the table of contents or to end notes. The good new is that the text was transferred without any obvious errors.

This is taken from the 1958 edition published as a Dutton paperback. It does include an excellent introduction to Pascal and this book by T. S. Eliot.

Pascal is most famous as a scientist, but as with many famous scientists of that era, he was deeply religious and was a defender of his faith. This book was his attempt at a Christian apologetic. He has two main objects, to prove that man is nothing without God, and also to prove by the scriptures that Jesus is the redeemer of mankind.

This was not a finished work, but is mainly his notes that were compiled after his death. As a result, sometimes it reads a little disjointed with some incomplete thoughts and some jumping around.

Overall, he had some profound thoughts mixed with things I would consider trivial. He had obvious Catholic biases (he was French), and spent some time defending Catholic dogmas like transubstantiation. I found this to be an interesting work, but nothing that I would want to re-read for its great wisdom.

I recommend to those that want to read this work to consider another edition that has hyperlinks. In a work like this, I find the end notes to be useful (this edition did have useful end notes, but they were hard to get to).

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You are what you think

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2020

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challenging and thought provoking. The old masterpieces are sorely needed to return to morality.The Bible is the truth!

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2019

As expected.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 3, 2017

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Nice addition to the Kindle. Arrived quickly as advertised. Thanks.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2019

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Like - the author is historically significant so you should read it that is important to you.
Dis-like - it is written to closely mimic the authors words. No fun to read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 21, 2017

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Good shape and good translation

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2013

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If I where still in college and had time to study this might have been a good read.As a 76 year old and have lived my life fully I don't have time or patience to delve into this book. If you are looking for a very serious read this is for you.

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