Blaise Pascal & Voltaire - Pensées de Pascal, avec les notes de M. Voltaire - 1778

Rare critical and philosophical edition that sets two major figures of French thought in dialogue: one representing the religious and moral genius of the 17th century, the other the critical and rationalist spirit of the Enlightenment -

This work gathers a portion of the fragments left by Pascal after his death, intended to form a broad apologia for the Christian religion, accompanied by Voltaire's notes offering a critical reading, often admiring yet also protesting, of Pascalian arguments -

The work thus constitutes an intellectual confrontation between two worldviews: the Christian vision founded on faith, revelation, and man's misery deprived of God, and the Enlightenment philosophy tied to reason, human progress, and the critical examination of beliefs -

Blaise Pascal & Voltaire - Pensées de Pascal, with the notes of M. Voltaire - 1778 - Tome II - In Geneva - XII-276 Pages.

Good binding condition, the item in its full brown calfskin of the period, wear from use, some minor defects on boards and spine, missing heads, split joints, worn corners, speckled fore-edges, smooth spine decorated, gilded title and volume numbering on a maroquin panel, triple gilt borders on the boards -

Good interior condition, browning, nice vignette on the title page, pretty headbands, marbled endpapers in decent condition, good copy -

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