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De l'esprit géométrique: Écrits sur la Grâce et autres textes
"Il ne faut pas guinder l'esprit ; les manières tendues et pénibles le remplissent d'une sotte présomption par une élévation étrangère et par une enflure vaine et ridicule au lieu d'une nourriture solide et vigoureuse. Et l'une des raisons principales qui éloignent autant ceux qui entrent dans ces connaissances du véritable chemin qu'ils doivent suivre est l'imagination qu'on prend d'abord que les bonnes choses sont inaccessibles en leur donnant le nom de grandes, hautes, élevées, sublimes. Cela perd tout. Je voudrais les nommer basses, communes, familières : ces noms-là leur conviennent mieux ; je hais ces mots d'enflure..."
- GenresSciencePhilosophyFrance
252 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published March 5, 1993
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About the author
Blaise Pascal
1,490 books834 followersEarly work of Blaise Pascal of France included the invention of the adding machine and syringe and the co-development with Pierre de Fermat of the mathematical theory of probability; later, he, a Jansenist, wrote on philosophy and theology, notably as collected in the posthumous
Pensées
(1670).
This contemporary of René Descartes attained ten years of age in 1633, when people forced Galileo Galilei to recant his belief that Earth circled the Sun. He lived in Paris at the same time, when Thomas Hobbes in 1640 published his famous Leviathan (1651). Together, Pascal created the calculus.
A near-fatal carriage accident in November 1654 persuaded him to turn his intellect finally toward religion. The story goes that on the proverbial dark and stormy night, while Pascal rode in a carriage across a bridge in a suburb of Paris, a fright caused the horses to bolt, sending them over the edge. The carriage, bearing Pascal, survived. Pascal took the incident as a sign and devoted. At this time, he began a series, called the Provincial Letters , against the Jesuits in 1657.
Pascal perhaps most famously wagered not as clearly in his language as this summary: "If Jesus does not exist, the non Christian loses little by believing in him and gains little by not believing. If Jesus does exist, the non Christian gains eternal life by believing and loses an infinite good by not believing.”
Sick throughout life, Pascal died in Paris from a combination of tuberculosis and stomach cancer at 39 years of age. At the last, he confessed Catholicism.
This contemporary of René Descartes attained ten years of age in 1633, when people forced Galileo Galilei to recant his belief that Earth circled the Sun. He lived in Paris at the same time, when Thomas Hobbes in 1640 published his famous Leviathan (1651). Together, Pascal created the calculus.
A near-fatal carriage accident in November 1654 persuaded him to turn his intellect finally toward religion. The story goes that on the proverbial dark and stormy night, while Pascal rode in a carriage across a bridge in a suburb of Paris, a fright caused the horses to bolt, sending them over the edge. The carriage, bearing Pascal, survived. Pascal took the incident as a sign and devoted. At this time, he began a series, called the Provincial Letters , against the Jesuits in 1657.
Pascal perhaps most famously wagered not as clearly in his language as this summary: "If Jesus does not exist, the non Christian loses little by believing in him and gains little by not believing. If Jesus does exist, the non Christian gains eternal life by believing and loses an infinite good by not believing.”
Sick throughout life, Pascal died in Paris from a combination of tuberculosis and stomach cancer at 39 years of age. At the last, he confessed Catholicism.
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November 6, 2025
j’en garde pas un souvenir impérissable mais why not c’est sympa
June 27, 2020
Uma leitura gostosa, que reflete a mente de um cientista, físico, matemático, filósofo, enfim, um estudioso questionando (racionalizando) algumas questões humanas.
Nos faz pensar muito sobre o que é certo ou errado, duvidoso e indiscutível.
"Queres que se pense bem de ti ? Não fales bem de ti"
Blaise Pascal, simplesmente um gênio.
Nos faz pensar muito sobre o que é certo ou errado, duvidoso e indiscutível.
"Queres que se pense bem de ti ? Não fales bem de ti"
Blaise Pascal, simplesmente um gênio.
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December 20, 2025ok l'illuminé
March 1, 2022
Esse livro reúne textos curtos de Pascal e outros escritos por ouvintes de alguns de seus discursos, e ainda textos atribuídos à Pascal mas muito mexidos por editores. Também há uma seleção curta extraída dos fragmentos que foram publicados após sua morte, o bem conhecido “Pensamentos”. Julgo ser um livro de interesse muito específico, medianamente interessante. 3/5.
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