{"product_id":"book-2807","title":"Pensées","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"DefaultText\"\u003eCompiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003epens├®es\" (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between his scientific mind and his heart-felt faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with an analysis of the difference between mathematical and intuitive thinking and goes on to consider the value of skepticism, contradictions, feeling, memory, and imagination. It is a powerful look at humanity\u003cspan\u003e's weakness and the futility of worldly life.\u003c\/span\u003e Much of the value of\u003cem\u003ePens├®es\u003c\/em\u003elies in the clarity with which Pascal was able to present his intuitive thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePascal spent much of his life composing this magnum opus, which offers some of the most powerful aphorisms about human experience and behavior ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig Black","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49314831368496,"sku":"BD2807","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49314831401264,"sku":"ZE2807","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49314831434032,"sku":"ZM2807","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2807-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775552295","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2807","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}