About the Author
Pascal (1623-1662) was one of the famous French thinkers and outstanding mathematical scientists of the seventeenth century, who made great contributions to both theoretical and experimental science in the early modern period. His main works are Letters to the Provinces, the former of which is often regarded as the foundation of French classical prose, and the Latter, which provides a rich source of discussion for philosophical and religious fronts, and becomes a testament to the greatness of man's thought. His series of scientific works, represented by "The Vacuum Theory", are basically materialistic and have become brilliant classics in the history of science and the history of ideas.
Synopsis
"Thoughts" is Pascal's masterpiece, the author in the book in a romantic way to talk about problems, everywhere flashed sparks of thought, but also many questions and aphorisms are thought-provoking. On the one hand, it inherits and carries forward the tradition of rationalism and criticizes everything with reason; on the other hand, it points out the inherent contradictions and boundaries of reason under the dominant idea that all truths must be presented in a contradictory form, and examines the so-called human nature and the world and life in the so-called "Pascal method" in his peculiar method of revealing contradictions 2. Theoretical issues such as society, history, philosophical knowledge, and religious beliefs. It is interspersed with a number of elements of dialectical thought, and it is also thickly shrouded in a layer of pessimistic agnosticism.
"Thoughts"
[French] by Pascal, translated by He Zhaowu