{"product_id":"pascal-the-philosopher-an-introduction-9781442641426","title":"Pascal the Philosopher: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Graeme Hunter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlaise Pascal has always been appreciated as a literary giant and a religious guide, but has received only grudging recognition as a philosopher: philosophers have mistaken Pascal s harsh criticism of their discipline as a rejection of it. But according to Graeme Hunter, Pascal s critics have simply failed to grasp his lean, but powerful conception of philosophy. This accessibly written book provides the first introduction to Pascal s philosophy as an organic whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunter argues that Pascal s aim is not merely to humble philosophy, but to save it from a kind of failure to which it is prone. He lays out Pascal s development of a more promising and fruitful path for philosophical inquiry, one that responded to the scientific, religious, and political upheaval of his time. Finally, Hunter illuminates Pascal s significance for contemporary readers, allowing him to emerge as the rare philosopher who is spiritual, literary, and rigorous all at once both a brilliant controversialist and a thinker of substance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47813397807255,"sku":"9781442641426","price":7470.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442641426.webp?v=1778335680","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pascal-the-philosopher-an-introduction-9781442641426","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}