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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Main Author: Wood, William Dalton
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 243 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191630385
0191630381
1299674429
9781299674424
9780199656363
0199656363