CONTENTS.

Page
Preface
 		 vii
General Introduction 1
Pascal's Profession of Faith 2
General Introduction 3
Notes for the General Introduction
 		 11
The Misery of Man Without God 15
Preface to the First Part 17
Man's Disproportion 19
Diversion 33
The Greatness and Littleness of Man 43
Of the Deceptive Powers of the Imagination 51
Of Justice, Customs, and Prejudices 61
The Weakness, Unrest, and Defects of Man
 		 73
The Happiness of Man with God 89
Preface to the Second Part 91
Of the Need of Seeking Truth 95
The Philosophers 105
Thoughts on Mahomet and on China 115
Of the Jewish People 119
The Authenticity of the Sacred Books 125
The Prophecies 131
Of Types in General and of their Lawfulness 157
That the Jewish Law was Figurative 167
Of the True Religion and its Characteristics 179
The Excellence of the Christian Religion 183
Of Original Sin 191
The Perpetuity of the Christian Religion 197
Proofs of the Christian Religion 203
Proofs of the Divinity of Jesus Christ 213
The Mission and Greatness of Jesus Christ 225
The Mystery of Jesus 231
Of the True Righteous Man and of the True Christian 237
The Arrangement 253
Of Miracles in General 257
Jesuits and Jansenists 273
Thoughts on Style 301
Various Thoughts
 		 307
Notes
 		 317
Index
 		 339