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Pascal's God and the Fragments of the World

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Authors:
  1. Martin Nemoianu

    1. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Provides an interpretation and recapitulation of the thought of Blaise Pascal
  • Serves as an introduction to Pascal for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, non-specialist philosophers, etc.
  • Offers original purchase on Pascal and on his critical relation to early modern thought

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin Nemoianu
    Pages 1-20

  3. God

    • Martin Nemoianu
    Pages 21-44

  4. Nature

    • Martin Nemoianu
    Pages 45-63

  5. Man

    • Martin Nemoianu
    Pages 65-106

  6. Afterword—Divine Grace and Human Freedom: Pascal, Jansenism, and Sacred Tradition

    • Martin Nemoianu
    Pages 107-142

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 143-158
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About this book

In Pascal's God and the Fragments of the World, Martin Nemoianu offers a new interpretation of the thought of Blaise Pascal, drawn from the Pensées and beyond. The book takes Pascal's central theme to be the distinction - Infini rien - between the transcendent God and the created world, which, without God, would be nothing. Nemoianu identifies the distinction in Pascal, articulates it, and works through the difficulties attending the distinction's disclosure. He then considers the implications of the distinction for the nature of nature and the nature of the human being, culminating in the ideal of martyrdom. The book closes with treatment of a closely related theme: the relation between human freedom and divine grace, in the context of the vexed question of Pascal's Jansenism.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA

    Martin Nemoianu

About the author

Martin Nemoianu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pascal's God and the Fragments of the World

  • Authors: Martin Nemoianu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55626-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55625-8Published: 01 May 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55628-9Due: 01 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-55626-5Published: 30 April 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 158

  • Topics: Christian Theology, Catholicism, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics

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