Pensees (Dover Philosophical Classics Series)

French scientist and philosopher Pascal's writings on religion were discovered after his death in 1662 and arranged into this text, the Penseées (or "Thoughts"). The writings are a defense of his Jansenist Christianity and an attack on the ability of reason to answer the most fundamental problems of metaphysics. An introduction by poet T.S. Eliot offers a brief intellectual biography of Pascal and commends his defense of religious belief. This is a paperbound reproduction of the original 1958 Trotter translation. Other editions of this work are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3rd ed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR