The seventh section of this work ends with the memorable command, "be not therefore troubled," and the sixth section considers the impossibility of a man without thought. Declaring at one point "how hollow and full of ribaldry is the heart of man," the work begins with a statement of the difference between the mathematical and intuitive mind and goes on to draw some parallels to characters from the commedia del arte. Containing sections like "Justice and the Reason of Effects," and "Perpetuity,"
The seventh section of this work ends with the memorable command, "be not therefore troubled," and the sixth section considers the impossibility of a man without thought. Declaring at one point "how hollow and full of ribaldry is the heart of man," the work begins with a statement of the difference between the mathematical and intuitive mind and goes on to draw some parallels to characters from the commedia del arte. Containing sections like "Justice and the Reason of Effects," and "Perpetuity," it is most famous for outlining some reasons for believing in God in the section "Of the Necessity of the Wager." FTP, name this seminal work of Blaise Pascal, with a French title roughly translated as "the thoughts."
The seventh section of this work ends with the memorable command, "be not therefore troubled," and the sixth section considers the impossibility of a man without thought.
Les Pensees (or Thoughts of Pascal or equivalents before mentioned)