Human Happiness: Pascal Blaise (Penguin Great Ideas) - Softcover

Pascal, Blaise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141036796 ISBN 13: 9780141036793

Verlag: Penguin, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

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. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them., Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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Biografía del autor

Blaise Pascal (1623 - 62) left his mark on mathematics, physics, religious controversy and literature. A convert to Jansenism, he engaged in passionate debate with the Jesuits the results of which are the Lettres Provincales, on which, with Pensées, his fame now rests. He is regarded by many as the greatest of French prose stylists.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0141036796
• ISBN 13: 9780141036793
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128