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    The Pensées (Thoughts) is a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious...
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    "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Pascal's Pensées, by Blaise Pascal". www.gutenberg.org. Pensées, Section III, 233. Pensées Section III note 233, Translation...
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    thinking reed. Blaise Pascal, Pensées No. 200 Pascal's most influential theological work, referred to posthumously as the Pensées ("Thoughts") is widely...
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    Pascal made her his executor, and in 1670 she published the Pensées de Pascal (Thoughts of Pascal). However, despite their efforts, the text was not printed...
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    By that time Pascal had moved on to the study of religion and philosophy, which gave us both the Lettres provinciales and the Pensées. The tercentenary...
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  • Christians as God), as is mentioned in the following quote. In his Pensées, Pascal writes: Who then will blame Christians for not being able to give reasons...
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  • Bourgeois gentilhomme (Molière), Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (Spinoza), Pensées (Pascal) 1671 in literature – Samson Agonistes (Milton), Gartlic za cas kratiti...
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  • from prosecution for his witty, homosexually themed writings. In his Pensées, Pascal refers to him in a passage about those who renounce reason and "become...
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  • decision theory to the belief in God is Pascal's wager, published by Blaise Pascal in his 1669 work Pensées. The application is a defense of Christianity...
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    Pascal and Racine, The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensées of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine. Deus deceptor Deus otiosus Ethical monotheism...
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