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Pensées [electronic resource] / Blaise Pascal.

by Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.

[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audiobooks, 2000.

Catholic Church -- Apologetic works.

Catholic Church -- Doctrines.

Apologetics -- Early works to 1800.

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A considerable portion of the "Pensées" is concerned with philosophical method, particularly in relation to religious reflection. The book begins with an analysis of the difference between mathematical and intuitive thinking and continues the discussion, in later sections, by considering the value of skepticism, contradictions, feeling, memory, and imagination. Much of the value of the "Pensées" results from the clarity with which Pascal was able to present his intuitive thoughts. H.F. Stewart's eloquent translation brings to life the powerful sincerity, directness and charm of the Pensées. Pascal could have been talking about himself when he wrote, "Meeting with a natural style we are amazed and delighted, for we looked to find an author and we find a man."

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