Selected "Pensees" and Provincial Letters/Pensees et Provinciales choisies: A Dual-Language Book
Intended to convert religiously indifferent readers to Christianity, Pensées were published posthumously, to wide and ongoing acclaim. This selection of highlights focuses on their secular aspects. Written in support of the Jansenist movement, Provincial Letters captivated a large audience with...
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Intended to convert religiously indifferent readers to Christianity, Pensées were published posthumously, to wide and ongoing acclaim. This selection of highlights focuses on their secular aspects. Written in support of the Jansenist movement, Provincial Letters captivated a large audience with their satirical wit, righteous indignation, and effervescent style. This is the only dual-language edition available.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486433646 (0486433641)
Publish date: July 15th 2004
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
This book was really quite a disappointment. Frankly, Pascal is dull. Apart from a few well-known purple passages, the Pensées (pp. 90-209) mostly consist of a collection of disjointed, fragmentary, premodern ethical musings. What Appelbaum presents here is a selection - so this is not a complete ...
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