Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1853. Librarie de Firmin Didot Freres. French. "Thoughts of Blaise Pascal Preceded by the life of Pascal by Mme Perier se Soeur" Leather bound with gilt decorations and lettering along spine. slight wear and thinning of cover and along edges, most noticeable along spine and hinges of spine. Gilt edges. Interior is clean, with slight rippling. On the whole. in very good condition. Pascal's most influential theological work, referred to posthumously as the Pensées ("Thoughts") is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section (Thought #72), It's been praised as the finest pages in the French Language. Will Durant hailed the Pensées as "the most eloquent book in French prose". The Pensées was not completed before his death. It was to have been a sustained and coherent examination and defense of the Christian Faith with the original title Apologie de la religion Chrétienne ("Defense of the Christian Religion"). The first version of the numerous scraps of paper found after his death appeared in print as a book in 1669 titled Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion, et sur quelques autres sujets ("Thoughts of M. Pascal on religion, and on some other subjects") and soon thereafter became a classic.
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Paris
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Publisher: Librarie de Firmin Didot Freres
Subject: Philosophy
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1853
Language: French
Author: Blaise Pascal
Region: Europe
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Topic: Religion
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
