{"product_id":"2026200016150-secondhand-pensees","title":"Pensées","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of reason and faith stands one of history's most penetrating minds — Blaise Pascal — whose unfinished masterwork, Pensées (Thoughts), presents a breathtaking defence of Christian belief through a labyrinth of profound reflections on human nature, suffering, justice, and the existence of God. Written in the mid-seventeenth century and published posthumously in 1670, this collection of fragments and aphorisms chronicles Pascal's lifelong intellectual and spiritual struggle, confronting the reader with searing questions about the meaning of existence and humanity's place in an infinite universe. Pascal's celebrated Wager argument — that it is rational to believe in God given the infinite stakes involved — remains one of the most debated propositions in the history of Western thought.\n\nA mathematician and scientist of towering genius who underwent a dramatic religious conversion, Pascal writes with a ferocious clarity and emotional intensity that distinguishes Pensées from mere theological treatise; it is a work of literature as much as philosophy. His aphoristic style — razor-sharp, intimate, and at times deeply melancholic — anticipates the great French moralists and casts a long shadow over modern existentialist thought. Rendered here in the celebrated Penguin Classics edition, this translation brings Pascal's restless, searching intellect to a new generation of readers — leaving one to wonder whether, in answering Pascal's challenge, we reveal more about God or about ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342776705243,"sku":"2026200016150-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7fba8830-5821-4ea8-a834-ef677a9e549d.png?v=1790049222","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016150-secondhand-pensees","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}