Confessions
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Enlightenment · Autobiography
Early Modern · Philosophy, theology
Pensées
by Blaise Pascal. Fragments diagnose human grandeur and misery while arguing that reason alone cannot satisfy the need for meaning.
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- Date
- 1670
- Origin
- France
- Era
- Early Modern
- Genre
- Philosophy, theology
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Fragments diagnose human grandeur and misery while arguing that reason alone cannot satisfy the need for meaning.
This work is included on the basis of great books / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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