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Pensees

by Blaise Pascal

The Pensées ("Thoughts") is a collection of fragments written by the French 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. It represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion, and the concept of "Pascal's wager" stems from a portion of this work.

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Language

English

Original Language

French

Published In

1670

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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer and Catholic theologian.    He was a child prodigy who was educated...

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