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Great Books of the Western World (Vol. 33 - Pascal)
Great Books of the Western World
54 volume set
Robert Maynard Hutchins, Editor in Chief
54 volume set
Robert Maynard Hutchins, Editor in Chief
Hardcover, 487 pages
Published
1952
by William Benton, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
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Pascal's thought is simply incredible. From the beginning of this book, which includes Pascal's "Provincial Letters" on the Jansenist vs. Jesuit controversy, through Pensées, which makes up the heart of this book and the heart of Pascal's thought, to the end of the book in Pascal's scientific and mathematical treatises, there is never a dully moment, never a moment worth missing. Throughout all of his writings, Pascal is witty, engaging, and insightful. Pensées, Pascal's greatest and, unfortunat...more
To make a wager like Pascal one must understand the mind from whence it came.
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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a civil servant. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of E...more
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