Buying Options

Digital List Price:	$3.99
Print List Price:	$9.99
Kindle Price:	$2.35 Save $7.64 (76%)

Promotions apply when you purchase

Deliver to your Kindle Library

You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.

Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

There was an error. We were unable to process your subscription due to an error. Please refresh and try again.

Follow the Author

Blaise Pascal

Pensées Kindle Edition

by Blaise Pascal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

21 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$2.35

—

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$29.23

—

$29.22

Paperback

"Please retry"

$9.99

—

The seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician’s influential treatise in support of religion.

Blaise Pascal was not a gambler, but he posited one of the most famous wagers of all time: Every man’s life is a bet against God. It is a wager that any man can win, however. Sacrifice earthly pleasures—drink, lust, sin, etc.—and a lifetime of happiness awaits, in this world or the next. Live every day as if God exists, and you can’t lose.

Pascal devised his wager in the seventeenth century, but the lessons written by this brilliant man ring true today. In this collection of fragments intended as a defense of Christianity, everything is up for debate. From the nature of love to the relationship between scientific inquiry and religious faith, Pascal shows that skepticism and devotion go hand in hand.

Print length

342 pages
Language

English
Sticky notes

On Kindle Scribe
Publisher

Philosophical Library/Open Road
Publication date

February 9, 2016
File size

1896 KB
Page Flip

Enabled
Word Wise

Enabled
Enhanced typesetting

Enabled
See all details

Blaise Pascal
443
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $9.99
Blaise Pascal
443
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $1.99
Blaise Pascal
139
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $0.00
Thomas H. Cook
49
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $1.99
Marcel Allain
78
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Willa Cather
127
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Pascal is one of those writers who will be and who must be studied afresh by men in every generation.” —T. S. Eliot

About the Author

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) was one of history’s most famous mathematicians. A prodigy who was said to have discovered the basic precepts of geometry while doodling in his playroom, Pascal published his first work at the age of sixteen. In 1646, he converted to the Catholic sect of Jansenism. He is best remembered for his Pensées (1669), a defense of Christianity.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01AVTU69Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Philosophical Library/Open Road (February 9, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1896 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 342 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #834,638 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #304 in Religious Studies - Sociology
- #792 in Religious Philosophy (Kindle Store)
- #842 in Apologetics Christian Theology

Customer Reviews:
21 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Blaise Pascal

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

3.8 out of 5

21 global ratings

5 star		42%
4 star		20%
3 star		25%
2 star 0% (0%)		0%
1 star		13%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

matthew blair yde

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2017

Verified Purchase

Excellent, wonderful book! But none of the Latin is translated. The footnotes are essentially worthless.

9 people found this helpful

Helpful

Bobby

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2017

Verified Purchase

good

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Jesse Lara

Got my grade, and now we're good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2018

Verified Purchase

bought this to use for school, nothing more. Got my grade, and now we're good

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Mark Stephen

Pensees Review

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2019

Verified Purchase

Really liked the condition of the copy that I received. This is a classic work and this particular printing is outstanding Thank you for this unique addition to my personal library.

Helpful

BB

A Very Interesting Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 6, 2017

Verified Purchase

Despite the centuries since it's debut, it's as relevant today as it was then. One should apply this wisdom to their own life.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Johnny Wall

One Star