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 'Pensées', William Wood demonstrates, by exegetical argument and constructive example, that &...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 'Pensées', 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 (viii, 243 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191630385 0191630381 1299674429 9781299674424 9780199656363 0199656363 |