The Mind on Fire (Victor Classics)

About this book

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) earned recognition as a renowned mathematician physicistand a man after Gods heart. As he came to the forefront of geometry and physics he turned his considerable analytical abilities to study religion or as he said to "contemplate the greatness and the misery of man." Pascals classic defense of ChristianityPensespersuaded many a skeptic in his time. Today editor James Houston has organized Pascals meditations into a logical progression of thought that contemporary readers can enjoy in Mind on Fire. Described as a "Masterpiece of theological scholarship " Mind on Fire also includes selections from Pascals Letters to a Provincial a description of his conversion in his own words.