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 have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. T
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pascal Pensees Summary
From Pascal's posthumous Pensées (1670), compiled from notes found at his death. Reason, he grants, cannot fully know the logic of the heart. Curated with full source in Margia. #pascal #wisdomquotes #pensees #theheart #philosophy
“What joy can we find in the expectation of nothing but hopeless misery? What reason for boasting that we are in impenetrable darkness?” A favourite line from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Read the book: find it on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Pascal Pensees Summary
“The one party can do miracles, not the others. For it is clear of the one party, that they are opposed to the truth, but not of the others; and thus miracles are clearer.” A favourite line from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Read the book: find it on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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Pascal Pensees Summary
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal. Pensées, 1670 (Sid Dickens Memory Block T-127).
Haha I've thought this before. Didn't realise it was a formally recognised & named phenomenon. Pascal's wager!