The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

CONTENTS.

		Page
Preface		vii
General Introduction		1
	Pascal's Profession of Faith	2
	General Introduction	3
	Notes for the General Introduction	11
The Misery of Man Without God		15
	Preface to the First Part	17
	Man's Disproportion	19
	Diversion	33
	The Greatness and Littleness of Man	43
	Of the Deceptive Powers of the Imagination	51
	Of Justice, Customs, and Prejudices	61
	The Weakness, Unrest, and Defects of Man	73
The Happiness of Man with God		89
	Preface to the Second Part	91
	Of the Need of Seeking Truth	95
	The Philosophers	105
	Thoughts on Mahomet and on China	115
	Of the Jewish People	119
	The Authenticity of the Sacred Books	125
	The Prophecies	131
	Of Types in General and of their Lawfulness	157
	That the Jewish Law was Figurative	167
	Of the True Religion and its Characteristics	179
	The Excellence of the Christian Religion	183
	Of Original Sin	191
	The Perpetuity of the Christian Religion	197
	Proofs of the Christian Religion	203
	Proofs of the Divinity of Jesus Christ	213
	The Mission and Greatness of Jesus Christ	225
	The Mystery of Jesus	231
	Of the True Righteous Man and of the True Christian	237
	The Arrangement	253
	Of Miracles in General	257
	Jesuits and Jansenists	273
	Thoughts on Style	301
	Various Thoughts	307
Notes		317
Index		339

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