The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal. The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

Table of Contents

PREFACE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

PASCAL'S PROFESSION OF FAITH

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

NOTES FOR THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION

THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD;

PREFACE TO THE FIRST PART

MAN'S DISPROPORTION

DIVERSION

THE GREATNESS AND LITTLENESS OF MAN

OF THE DECEPTIVE POWERS OF THE IMAGINATION

OF JUSTICE, CUSTOMS, AND PREJUDICES

THE WEAKNESS, UNREST, AND DEFECTS OF MAN

THE HAPPINESS OF MAN WITH GOD;

PREFACE TO THE SECOND PART

OF THE NEED OF SEEKING TRUTH

THE PHILOSOPHERS

THOUGHTS ON MAHOMET AND ON CHINA

OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SACRED BOOKS

THE PROPHECIES

OF TYPES IN GENERAL AND OF THEIR LAWFULNESS

THAT THE JEWISH LAW WAS FIGURATIVE

OF THE TRUE RELIGION AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS

THE EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

OF ORIGINAL SIN

THE PERPETUITY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

PROOFS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

PROOFS OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST

THE MISSION AND GREATNESS OF JESUS CHRIST

THE MYSTERY OF JESUS

OF THE TRUE RIGHTEOUS MAN AND OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN

THE ARRANGEMENT

OF MIRACLES IN GENERAL

JESUITS AND JANSENISTS

THOUGHTS ON STYLE

VARIOUS THOUGHTS

NOTES

INDEX

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Blaise Pascal

Published by Good Press, 2019

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When we are too young our judgment is at fault, so also when we are too old.

If we take not thought enough, or too much, on any matter, we are obstinate and infatuated.

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