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Pascal's God and the Fragments of the World
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Pascal's God and the Fragments of the World [electronic resource] / by Martin Nemoianu.
ISBN
9783031556265
Edition
1st ed. 2024.
Publication
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XI, 158 p.)
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Summary
In Pascal's God and the Fragments of the World, Martin Nemoianu offers a new interpretation of the thought of Blaise Pascal, drawn from the Pensées and beyond. The book takes Pascal's central theme to be the distinction - Infini rien - between the transcendent God and the created world, which, without God, would be nothing. Nemoianu identifies the distinction in Pascal, articulates it, and works through the difficulties attending the distinction's disclosure. He then considers the implications of the distinction for the nature of nature and the nature of the human being, culminating in the ideal of martyrdom. The book closes with treatment of a closely related theme: the relation between human freedom and divine grace, in the context of the vexed question of Pascal's Jansenism. Martin Nemoianu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, USA.
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Language
English
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May 08, 2024
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: God
Chapter 3: Nature
Chapter 4: Man
Chapter 5: Conclusion/Appendix.
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