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Pascal's Pensées

Chapter 957: Transcriber's Notes
By Blaise Pascal
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The work assembles unfinished meditations and aphorisms that probe the human condition, arguing that reason alone cannot resolve existential anxiety and that recognition of human wretchedness points toward the need for divine grace. It contrasts the misery of life without God with the happiness found through faith, offers a pragmatic argument for belief (the famous wager), critiques philosophical and moral complacency, and explores judgment, conversion, and prayer. The material is fragmentary but organized around theological apologetics and moral psychology, blending sharp rhetorical polemic with brief, concentrated reflections intended to move readers toward religious conviction.

Transcriber's Notes

  • I have used Letter anchors for the four footnotes in the introduction.
  • Numbered all the notes at the end of the text and inserted appropriate anchors in the text.
  • Footnote No. 54 on page 28 has the wrong line number and is positioned two notes after where it should be. Corrected the position.
  • "judgment" was used consistently throughout the text.
Other changes
PagePenséeDetails
932"beauty whch consists" - Typo for "which". Corrected.
37121"that is infinite" - Added a period at the end of the sentence.
46154Mismatched brackets in original text.
75260"youself" - corrected to "yourself".
86301"It is because they have more reason?" - As in image.
129463"feel ull of feelings" - Typo corrected to "feel full of feelings".
133479"the worst that can can happen" - deleted one "can".
134484Supplied missing period at the end.
170612"Salutare taum expectabo, Domine." - As in image.
158570"those whose whose only good" - deleted one "whose".
162587"they come with wisdom and with signs." - Typo corrected to "they come with wisdom and with signs."
165598"Jesus Christ caused His wn to be slain." - Typo corrected to "Jesus Christ caused His own to be slain."
181641"but it they have" - Typo corrected to "but if they have".
282Endnote 210. - "P. 158, l. 13. Saint John.--xii, 39." - Corrected to ""P. 159, l. 13. Saint John.—xii, 39."
286Endnote 331. "Though ye believe not, ect.--John x, 38." - Corrected to "Though ye believe not, etc.—John x, 38."