Pensées
Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section (Thought #72), Sainte-Beuve praised it as the finest pages in the French language. Will Durant, in his 11-volume, comprehensive The Story of Civilization series, hailed it as "the most eloquent book in French prose." In Pensées, Pascal surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing, faith and reason, soul and matter, death and life, meaning and vanity—seemingly arriving at no definitive conclusions besides humility, ignorance, and grace. Rolling these into one he develops Pascal's Wager. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Philosophy, Religion
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Introduction | dexter |
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Play 01 | Chapter 1 | dexter |
00:29:03 |
Play 02 | Chapter 2 pt 1 | dexter |
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Play 03 | Chapter 2 pt 2 | dexter |
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Play 04 | Chapter 3 | dexter |
00:44:59 |
Play 05 | Chapter 4 | dexter |
00:28:30 |
Play 06 | Chapter 5 | dexter |
00:30:14 |
Play 07 | Chapter 6 | dexter |
00:39:14 |
Play 08 | Chapter 7 pt 1 | dexter |
00:35:35 |
Play 09 | Chapter 7 pt 2 | dexter |
00:32:02 |
Play 10 | Chapter 7 pt 3 | dexter |
00:33:26 |
Play 11 | Chapter 8 | dexter |
00:25:59 |
Play 12 | Chapter 9 | dexter |
00:45:37 |
Play 13 | Chapter 10 | dexter |
00:42:30 |
Play 14 | Chapter 11 pt 1 | dexter |
00:28:07 |
Play 15 | Chapter 11 pt 2 | dexter |
00:34:27 |
Play 16 | Chapter 12 | dexter |
00:43:52 |
Play 17 | Chapter 13 | dexter |
00:51:11 |
Play 18 | Chapter 14 | dexter |
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