Blaise Pascal on duplicity, sin, and the fall the secret instinct
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 'Pensâees', William Wood demonstrates, by exegetical argument and constructive example, that...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013, 2013
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| Series: | Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology / Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 'Pensâees', William Wood demonstrates, by exegetical argument and constructive example, that 'Pascalian' theology is both possible and fruitful |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191765797 |