Roger Ariew masterfully renders the oddities of seventeenth-century French vocabulary and syntax in this eloquent and philosophically astute translation -- the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal's manuscript, widely accepted as the version closest to what Pascal intended. Ariew provides a general Introduction that discusses the the life and times of Pascal, a select bibliography of primary and secondary sources, a chronology of Pascal's life and works, concordances between the Sellier and Lafuma editions of the original, and an index.

Introduction

xi

The Pensées: A Brief History of the Text

xi

Selected Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources

xv

Chronology of Pascal's Life and Times

xvii

I. The Project of June 1658

1. Table, etc.

1

(6)

2. Order

7

(2)

3. Vanity

9

(8)

4. Wretchedness

17

(7)

5. Boredom and the Qualities Essential to Man

24

(1)

6. Cause of the Effects

24

(6)

7. Greatness

30

(2)

8. Oppositions

32

(6)

9. Diversion

38

(5)

10. Philosophers

43

(1)

11. The Supreme Good

44

(2)

12. A.P.R.

46

(4)

13. Beginning

50

(2)

14. Submission and Use of Reason in which True Christianity Consists

52

(3)

15. Excellence of this Way of Proving God

55

(1)

16. Transition from the Knowledge of Man to That of God

56

(8)

17. Nature Is Corrupt and Falsity of Other Religions

64

(4)

18. To Make Religion Attractive

68

(1)

19. Foundations of Religion and Reply to Objections

69

(3)

20. That the Law Was Figurative

72

(12)

21. Rabbinism

84

(2)

22. Perpetuity

86

(3)

23. Proofs of Moses

89

(2)

24. Proofs of Jesus Christ

91

(5)

25. Prophecies

96

(6)

26. Particular Figures

102

(1)

27. Christian Morality

103

(4)

28. Conclusion

107

(2)

II. Folders Set Aside June 1658

29. Against the Fable of Esdras

109

(2)

30. Miracles 1

111

(3)

31. Miracles 2

114

(13)

32. Miracles 3

127

(13)

33. Miscellaneous Thoughts 1

140

(16)

34. Miscellaneous Thoughts 2

156

(9)

35. Miscellaneous Thoughts 3

165

(14)

III. The Final Miscellaneous Folders (July 1658 July 1662)

36. Miscellaneous Thoughts 4

179

(9)

37. Miscellaneous Thoughts 5

188

(6)

38. Miscellaneous Thoughts 6

194

(3)

39. Miscellaneous Thoughts 7

197

(5)

40. Miscellaneous Thoughts 8

202

(3)

41. Miscellaneous Thoughts 9

205

(1)

42. Geometry/Intuition 1

206

(1)

43. Geometry/Intuition 2

207

(2)

44. Authority

209

(2)

IV. Developments from July 1658 to July 1662

45. Discourse on the Machine

211

(5)

46. A Letter to Further the Search for God

216

(8)

47. Preface to the Second Part

224

(4)

48. The State of the Jews 1

228

(2)

49. The State of the Jews 2

230

(1)

50. The State of the Jews 3

230

(3)

51. The State of the Jews 4

233

(1)

52. The State of the Jews 5

234

(1)

53. Around Corruption

235

(4)

54. Prophecies 1

239

(3)

55. Prophecies 2

242

(1)

56. Prophecies 3

243

(5)

57. Prophecies 4

248

(5)

58. Prophecies 5

253

(1)

59. Prophecies 6

254

(5)

60. Prophecies, Jews, Corruption

259

(2)

61. Figurative Law

261

(4)

V. Fragments not Registered by Copy B

62. Unregistered Fragments

265

(48)

Concordance between Lafuma edition (Copy A) and Sellier edition (Copy B)

313

(9)

Index

322

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