Pensées
By Blaise Pascal
8 Oct, 2019
The Pensées ("Thoughts") is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many w
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The Pensées ("Thoughts") is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. The Pensées represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion. The concept of "Pascal's wager" stems from a portion of this work. Less