Roger Ariew masterfully renders the oddities of seventeenth-century French vocabulary and syntax in this eloquent and philosophically astute translation -- the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal's manuscript, widely accepted as the version closest to what Pasca[...]

Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in "Human Happiness" are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction and real joy in life - or whether a belief in God is a wise gamble at best. Throughout history, some books h[...]

For much of his life Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in its intended form. Instead, he left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These were to become known as the Pensees, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and relig[...]

First published in 1923, this volume contains a selection of Pascal's Lettres ecrites a un provincial.[...]

From the notes for Pascal's contemplated "Apology for the Christian Religion" the Port-Royalists compiled and edited the book known as his "Pensies" or "Thoughts." The early texts were much tampered with, and the material has been frequently rearranged; but now at last it is possible to read these f[...]

Blaise Pascal had an extraordinary life and career. Renowned as a child prodigy, he engaged with the intellectual ferment surrounding the mathematician Father Mersenne before turning to his scientific experiments, his work on mathematics and construction of mechanical calculating machines, his corre[...]

One of the world's great minds ruminates on God, the world and reason in jewel-like fragments of thought.[...]

Blaise Pascal har alltsedan sin död varit en vattendelare i den europeiska och främst den franska idédebatten. Hans intellektuella prestationer - matematiska och naturvetenskapliga - är alltjämt en del av vår verklighet medan han på andra områden är en talesman för ett främmande folk. I d[...]