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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on Blaise Pascal''s Pensées, an apology for Christianity, which is regarded as Pascal''s crowning achievement. Professor Charles Sherrard MacKenzie maintains that the lens best enabling us to understand Pensées is his fragment on the three orders of life: mental, material, and spiritual. This analysis also highlights the frustrations Pascal encountered while making scientific discoveries, as part of his quest for certainty in his and others'' faith.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 A Brief Chronology of Blaise Pascal's Life Part 3 The Key to Pascal's Apologetic Pensée 308, The Three Orders Part 4 Summary Diagram of Pascal's Three Orders Part 5 Pascal's Journey through the Three Orders Chapter 6 Pascal's World Chapter 7 Pascal and the Material Order Chapter 8 Pascal and the Order of the Mind Chapter 9 Pascal and the Order of Love Chapter 10 Pascal's New Life Part 12 Three Orders: Keys to Pascal's Apologetic Chapter 13 The Writing of the Pensées Chapter 14 The Pensées: Chapters I-XI Human Misery without God Chapter 15 The Pensées: Chapters XII-XIV Transition from Misery to Happiness Chapter 16 The Pensées: Chapters XXIII-XXVII Pascal's Three Orders and Last Days Part 17 Pascal's Legacy: His Thoughts—Past and Future Chapter 18 Pascal's Legacy, Part I: Epistemology Chapter 18 Pascal's Legacy, Part II: Ontology, Selfhood, and the Church Part 19 Endnotes
