Bøger af Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal est un mathématicien, physicien, inventeur, philosophe, moraliste et théologien français. Les premiers travaux de Pascal concernent les sciences naturelles et appliquées. Il contribue de manière importante à l'étude des fluides et clarifie les concepts de pression et de vide en étendant le travail de Torricelli. Il est l'auteur de textes importants sur la méthode scientifique. Il se consacre à la réflexion philosophique et religieuse, sans toutefois renoncer aux travaux scientifiques. Il écrit pendant cette période Les Provinciales et les Pensées, publiées seulement après sa mort qui survient deux mois après son 39e anniversaire, alors qu'il a été longtemps malade. Ces 100 citations visent à donner accès à son œuvre monumentale par une sélection de ses pensées les plus marquantes, dans un format accessible à tous. Une citation est plus qu'un extrait d'un propos, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

Plongez en profondeur dans la philosophie française, en découvrant la pensée de ses plus grandes figures avec une collection de citations sélectionnées pour établir l'essentiel de leurs découvertes dans le respect de leur style, sous une forme facile à comprendre et à mémoriser. Mathématicien et philosophe, Blaise Pascal est un des plus grands esprits ayant jamais existé ; on lui doit des avancées immenses dans le domaine scientifique comme dans celui de la foi et de la morale. Montesquieu est l'un des penseurs de l'organisation politique et sociale sur lesquels les sociétés modernes et politiquement libérales s'appuient. Ses conceptions – notamment en matière de séparation des pouvoirs – ont contribué à définir le principe des démocraties occidentales. Rousseau s'est montré précurseur dans de nombreux domaines, que ce soit le genre autobiographique ou le mouvement romantique dont il est l'une des premières figures. Maître de l'ironie et du mot d'esprit, son rival Voltaire s'est battu sans relâche pour la liberté d'expression et contre l'oppression de l'institution catholique. Diderot s'est essayé à divers genres sur lesquels il a à chaque fois laissé une empreinte de maître, notamment en philosophie où il préfère encourager l'autonomie du lecteur plutôt que lui imposer un système rigide. Enfin, Montaigne est un penseur aimable, qui nous fournit les clefs de la vie plaisante en décrivant son expérience de façon sage et amusée. Chaque philosophe voit sa pensée résumée en cent citations essentielles. Ce format concis et accessible est idéal pour la préparation aux examens et aux concours (bac, capes, agrégation...), la culture générale et le développement personnel.

Mathématicien et philosophe, Blaise Pascal est un des plus grands esprits ayant jamais existé. Il publia un traité de géométrie projective à l'âge de 16 ans, avant d'inventer la machine à calculer pour aider son père dans ses travaux. On doit à Pascal des avancées importantes dans le domaine des sciences, de la méthode scientifique, du calcul des probabilités, et de la philosophie. Ses Pensées sont une oeuvre majeure retrouvée sur des feuillets épars, et qui touchent de nombreux paradoxes : infini et néant, âme et matière, foi et raison... C'est là qu'on trouve le fameux pari de Pascal, celui qui a le pouvoir de changer toute une vie. Ces 100 citations vous fourniront l'essentiel de sa pensée, entre formulations percutantes et fulgurances pleines de profondeur ; plongez dans l'oeuvre d'un philosophe incontournable dans le plus pratique des formats.

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher, who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities. This volume is a translation of Philippe Sellier's edition of Pascal's Pensees, plus two shorter texts, the Exchange with M. de Sacy and The Life of Monsieur Pascal.

The Provincial letters are a series of eighteen letters written by French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal. Written in the midst of the formulary controversy between the Jansenists and the Jesuits, they are a defense of the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld from Port-Royal-des-Champs, a friend of Pascal who in 1656 was condemned by the Faculté de Théologie at the Sorbonne in Paris for views that were claimed to be heretical. The First letter is dated January 23, 1656 and the Eighteenth March 24, 1657. A fragmentary Nineteenth letter is frequently included with the other eighteen. In these letters, Pascal humorously attacked casuistry, a rhetorical method often used by Jesuit theologians, and accused Jesuits of moral laxity. Being quickly forced underground while writing the Provincial Letters, Pascal pretended they were reports from a Parisian to a friend in the provinces, on the moral and theological issues then exciting the intellectual and religious circles in the capital. In the letters, Pascal's tone combines the fervor of a convert with the wit and polish of a man of the world. Their style meant that, quite apart from their religious influence, the Provincial Letters were popular as a literary work. Adding to that popularity was Pascal's use of humor, mockery, and satire in his arguments. The letters also influenced the prose of later French writers like Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Brilliantly written by Pascal, the Provincial Letters would not have been possible without the work of theologians from Port-Royal; indeed, most of the arguments Pascal deployed were already to be found in Arnauld's Théologie morale des Jésuites, something which led the Jesuit Nicolas Caussin to reply to Pascal's perceived libel. Pascal's main source on Jesuit casuistry was Antonio Escobar's Summula casuum conscientiae (1627), several propositions of which would be later condemned by Pope Innocent XI. Paradoxically, the Provincial Letters were both a success and a defeat: a defeat, on the political and theological level, and a success on the moral level. Thus, King Louis XIV ordered that the book be shredded and burnt in 1660. The final letter from Pascal, in 1657, had defied the Pope himself, provoking Alexander VII to condemn the letters. But that didn't stop most of educated France from reading them. Moreover, even Pope Alexander, while publicly opposing them, nonetheless was persuaded by Pascal's arguments. Just a few years later, Alexander condemned "laxity" in the church and ordered a revision of casuistical texts.

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For much of his life, Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in the form the philosopher intended. Instead, Pascal left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These became known as the Pensees, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and religious writing.

Blaise Pascal set out to produce a monumental work of Christian apologetics but his untimely death meant that only his fragmentary notes--his thoughts--would be passed on to future generations. The 'random' notes of most people would not be worth preserving; not so with Blaise Pascal. Not only do his 'thoughts' continue to provoke new insights into the Christian religion, but they were praised as among the finest in French literature. This edition comes with an index for tracking down concepts and tracing Pascal's sophisticated reasoning throughout the volume.

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to access old and often rare books from the BnF's heritage funds.