Thoughts on Religion and Other Topics

Author: Pascal (France) He Zhao Wu
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Publish Date: 1997-02-01
Features: The author Pascal is one of the outstanding mathematicians and physicists of the 17th century, making significant historical contributions to both theoretical and experimental sciences in the early modern period. Pascal's philosophical theories are primarily expressed in his work Pensées. Diverging from Descartes' rationalist trends, the book not only inherits and develops the rationalist tradition by using reason to critique everything but also, under the guiding thought that all truths must manifest in the form of contradictions, points out the inherent contradictions and limitations of reason itself. Using his unique method of revealing contradictions, Pascal examines various theoretical issues such as human nature, the world, life, society, history, philosophical knowledge, and religious beliefs, starting from the opposition of polar concepts. The work is interspersed with elements of dialectical thought and is heavily shrouded in a pessimistic agnosticism.