Pensées
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Blaise Pascal
(4,707 Sterne; 29 Bewertungen)
Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section (Thought #72), Sainte-Beuve praised it as the finest pages in the French language. Will Durant, in his 11-volume, comprehensive The Story of Civilization series, hailed it as "the most eloquent book in French prose." In Pensées, Pascal surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing, faith and reason, soul and matter, death and life, meaning and vanity—seemingly arriving at no definitive conclusions besides humility, ignorance, and grace. Rolling these into one he develops Pascal's Wager. (Summary from Wikipedia) (11 hr 15 min)
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A fairly good recording
NSA
(4 Sterne)
The recording is good for most of the book, but done Latin is missing or a very quiet recording. As for the text it is implicitly (if not explicitly) theological, in that it seeks to prove its already obtained conclusion and not engage in philosophical inquiry.
An interesting book - and well read!
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(4 Sterne)
I'd long wanted to read Pensées and never got round to it, so thank you for recording it for Librivox! I particularly ennjoyed chapters 2 - 4, which contain the classic thoughts of Pascal. Towards the end the text become more disjointed and difficult to follow. The Latin reading is impeccable and easy to understand for an avid Latinist like me - a shame it becomes quasi inaudible in chapter 3.
very good, very confusing
Misery Loves
(5 Sterne)
This text covers a lot over very diverse ground. Anyone with interest in paradox, reason, or faith would do well to study it closely
(5 Sterne)
Oh my gosh! I am so excited. .excerpts of this book showed up in my devotions! and the reader is great! THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!