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Pascal's Pensées

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Original author: Blaise Pascal

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**Pascal's Pensées** by Blaise Pascal is a collection of fragments written in the 17th century. Left incomplete at Pascal's death in 1662, these notes were intended as a defense of Christianity. The work introduces "Pascal's wager" and challenges both cosmological proofs of God and atheist critiques of faith. Pascal argues that God is hidden and found only through sincere seeking. Published posthumously in 1670, the fragments' intended order remains debated, inspiring numerous editions and influencing thinkers from Heidegger to Sartre.

Pascal's Pensées, by Blaise Pascal. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #18269.

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18 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction5,163 words
  2. 2.Section I: Thoughts on Mind and on Style4,192 words
  3. 3.Section II: The Misery of Man Without God3,353 words
  4. 4.Part I: , 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.4410,408 words
  5. 5.Section III: Of the Necessity of the Wager7,128 words
  6. 6.Section IV: Of the Means of Belief3,709 words
  7. 7.Section V: Justice and the Reason of Effects4,124 words
  8. 8.Section VI: The Philosophers4,848 words
  9. 9.Section VII: Morality and Doctrine (1)8,776 words
  1. 10.Section VII: Morality and Doctrine (2)4,844 words
  2. 11.Section VIII: The Fundamentals of the Christian Religion3,829 words
  3. 12.Section IX: Perpetuity6,058 words
  4. 13.Section X: Typology5,554 words
  5. 14.Section XI: The Prophecies9,273 words
  6. 15.Section XII: Proofs of Jesus Christ5,073 words
  7. 16.Section XIII: The Miracles6,066 words
  8. 17.Appendix: Polemical Fragments (1)8,375 words
  9. 18.Appendix: Polemical Fragments (2)5,564 words