Pensées (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: Blaise Pascal
- First Published: 1670
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, France or French people, Religion, God, Seventeenth century, Christianity, Catholics or Catholic Church, Jesuits
Context
Blaise Pascal’s reflections on religion make up a large body of notes, written between 1654 and his death in 1662, intended to develop a work called “Apologie de la religion catholique.” Composed at different times after a moving mystical experience, the contents of Pensées appeared in print posthumously. These reflections reveal Pascal as belonging to the group of fervently Christian writers who reject the usual claims of natural theology in order the more sharply to separate faith from reason.
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