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Pensaments, de Blaise Pascal, una obra cabdal de la cultura europea, un pilar indiscutible del pensament occidental modern, es publica traduïda al català, per primera vegada de manera completa, de la mà acurada i solvent de Miquel Costa. Un fita editorial que celebra la vigència extraordinària d?un text que ha esdevingut, per mèrits propis, un clàssic generació rere generació. Una lectura que no és tan sols una apologia del cristianisme, com s?acostuma a dir, sinó també un apassionat lament líric i una reflexió sincera i profunda sobre la vida, l?amor i el consol o, en definitiva, sobre l?ésser humà i la seva existència. El cor té raons que la raó no coneix; ho sabem per mil coses.

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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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A su muerte, el 19 de agosto de 1662, Blaise Pascal deja un legado que desconcierta a sus herederos. De la Apología del Cristianismo que esperaban hallar, no aparece rastro. En su lugar, hay un caos de papeles. Pliegos de gran formato algunos, recortes de diversos tamaños la mayor parte; cosidos en transitorios legajos o bien en total desorden. Una primera lectura deja claro que no se trata de un borrador siquiera. Más bien, del cúmulo de notas acumuladas por el matemático y hombre de fe en sus últimos años. Pese a la decepción inicial, su edición fue preparada por el círculo jansenista y vio luz, en 1670, con el título de Pensamientos, que consagra esos papeles, pero también los disfraza, al darles resonancia de obra concreta, aunque inacabada.Editar hoy a Pascal con rigor exige deshacer ese malentendido. Esos papeles son sus anotaciones de trabajo: reflexiones propias en parte, pero también en parte resúmenes de lo leído o citas literales de aquellos a quienes lee. En rigor, esta

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This eloquent and philosophically astute translation is the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal's manuscript, widely accepted as the manuscript that is closest to the version Pascal left behind on his death in 1662. A brief history of the text, a select bibliography of primary and secondary sources, a chronology of Pascal’s life and works, concordances between the Sellier and Lafuma editions of the original, and an index are provided.

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A passionate defence of religious faith by the great seventeenth-century philosopher, mathematician and physicistBlaise Pascal was the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensées is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all, theological terms. Humankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe, but also as a being whose existence can be transformed through faith in God's grace.Translated with an Introduction by A. J. Krailsheimer

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For much of his life Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in its intended form. Instead, he left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These were to become known as the Pensées, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and religious writing. Pascal's general intention was to confound scepticism about metaphysical questions. Some of the Pensées are fully developed literary reflections on the human condition,, some contradict others, and some remain jottings whose meaning will never be clear. The most important are among the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behaviour ever written in any language. This translation is the only one based on the Pensées as Pascal left them. It includes the principal dossiers classified by Pascal, as well as the essential portion of the important Writings on Grace. A detailed thematic index gives access to Pascal's areas of concern, while the selection of texts and the introduction help to show why Pascal changed the plan of his projected work before abandoning the book he might have written. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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