Author : William Wood
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199656363
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Blaise Pascal on Duplicity, Sin, and the Fall by : William Wood
Download or read book Blaise Pascal on Duplicity, Sin, and the Fall written by William Wood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains Pascal's understanding of the cognitive consequences of the Fall. For Pascal, the self is a fiction, constructed from without by an already duplicitous world. Drawing on the Pensées, William Wood demonstrates, by exegetical argument and constructive example, that 'Pascalian' theology is both possible and fruitful.