A Summer With Pascal Antoine Compagnon Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Mathematics

From An Eminent Scholar A Spirited Introduction To One Of The Great Polymaths In History Europe Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) Is Best Known English-Speaking World For His Contributions Mathematics And Physics With Both Triangle Law Fluid Mechanics Named After Him Meanwhile Classic Film My Night At Maud’s Popularized Pascal’s Wager Invitation Faith That Has Inspired Generations Theologians Despite Immensity Reputation Few Read Outside French Schools Summer Celebrated Literary Critic Antoine Compagnon Opens Our Minds Figure Somehow Towering Ignored Provides Bird’s-Eye View Life Significance Making This Volume Ideal Still Scholars Neophytes Alike Will Profit Greatly Masterful Readings Pensées—A Cornerstone Western Philosophy—And Provincial Letters Which Advanced Wry Theological Critiques Contemporaries Concise Taut Chapters Build Upon Another Easing Into Writings Often Thought Be Forbidding Dour As Guide These Works Are Not Just Accessible But Enchanting Brings Early Modern Thinker Present Age Profound Existential Doubt Assaults On Truth Reason Religion Science So Crudely Opposed Sophisticated Commitment Challenges Us Meet True Intellectual Vigor Σελίδες: 184 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0826 Διαστάσεις: 12 7X12 7Cm