The Essential Pascal Author:Robert W. Gleason (Editor) The Mystery That is Modern Man -- Pascal has, as much as any other writer, perceived the mystery that is modern man... and in describing that mystery, he has shaped the modern mind. — In "The Essential Pascal," the reader discovers not only the intellectual giant of the "Pensees" but also the Pascal whose human sensibility leads directly through ... more »the heart of man to mystic faith in God.
In his correspondence, in his meditations on sickness, pain, and death, Pascal speaks directly -- and movingly -- of our deepest existential concerns.« less