{"product_id":"pensees-royal-collectors-edition-case-blaise-pascal-9781774766057","title":"Pensees (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePensees\u003c\/em\u003e, or thoughts, is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal often examined the same event or example through many different lenses. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the \u003cem\u003ePensees\u003c\/em\u003e was in many ways his life's work. \u003cem\u003ePensees\u003c\/em\u003e represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion, and is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Paschal died, his executors, failing to recognize the basic structure of \u003cem\u003ePensees\u003c\/em\u003e, handed them over to be edited, and they were published in 1670. Since then, the proper order of the \u003cem\u003ePensees\u003c\/em\u003e is heavily disputed. One of the text's main strategies was to use the contradictory philosophies of Pyrrhonism and Stoicism, personalized by Montaigne on one hand, and Epictetus on the other, in order to bring the unbeliever to such despair and confusion that he would embrace God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blaise Pascal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774766051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774766057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Blaise Pascal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070993854719,"sku":"9781774766057","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be7b5f41-c03f-4a96-b880-74060d6d3c27.jpg?v=1685433532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pensees-royal-collectors-edition-case-blaise-pascal-9781774766057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}