Author : Blaise Pascal
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616401729
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)
Book Synopsis Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works by : Blaise Pascal
Download or read book Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works written by Blaise Pascal and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translator names not noted above: Mary L. Booth and Orlando W. Wight.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XLVIII features three collections of the writings of French polymath BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662): Thoughts, considered a great classic of religious writings, in which the former child prodigy mounts a sophisticated defense of his Catholic faith; Letters, to his friends and family as well as to the Swedish queen Christina; and Minor Works, including "Prayer, to Ask of God the Proper Use of Sickness," "Discourses on the Condition of the Great," "The Art of Persuasion," and more.