Philosophy

Pensées

by Blaise Pascal

The notes Pascal left at his death in 1662 for a defence of Christianity he never finished, published afterwards as his Thoughts. Some run to a page and some to a line: “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.” Here too are the wager and the thinking reed.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 7 hr 10 min

Where to find it

The Lost Property Office, down the book lift in the west wing

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #18269. In the public domain in the United States.