Compiled after his death in 1662, Pensées (Thoughts) is Blaise Pascal’s collection of reflections intended as a defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments reveal a profoundly original thinker who reconciled the tension between his scientific mind and heartfelt faith.
The book opens with an analysis of the distinction between mathematical and intuitive thinking, then explores themes such as the value of skepticism, contradictions, feeling, memory, and imagination. Pascal offers a poignant examination of humanity's inherent weakness and the futility of worldly pursuits.
Pensées remains valuable not only for its deep philosophical insights but for Pascal’s clarity in presenting his intuitive thoughts. A lifetime in the making, this magnum opus contains some of the most powerful aphorisms on human experience and behavior ever written.
- Opening
- Preface To Part One
- Part One Continued
- Preface To Part Two
- Preface To Part Two Continued
- Part Two
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J