Pascal was a scientist and man of the world who came to be a passionatelydevout Christian. The fragments of his great defense of Christianity leftunfinished at ... » 

Pascal was a scientist and man of the world who came to be a passionatelydevout Christian. The fragments of his great defense of Christianity leftunfinished at his death in 1662 survive in the form of the Pensees. Thisseries of brief dramatic notes on his religious convictions are heretranslated into English. These thoughts expose Pascals vision of the worldand display powerful reasoning and a profound faith. «