by Jacques Attali · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213606200
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«Blaise Pascal, ou, Le génie français» is the biography of Blaise Pascal written by Jacques Attali, published by Fayard (538 pages, in French).
Attali reconstructs the life of Blaise Pascal, from his childhood as a mathematical prodigy to his religious conversion and final years marked by illness. The work places his scientific and philosophical contributions in the context of seventeenth-century France and addresses his involvement with Jansenism and writings such as the Provincial Letters and the Pensées.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a philosopher, scientist and Jansenist; the book includes bibliography and index.
For readers interested in French philosophy, the intellectual history of the seventeenth century and biographies of great thinkers.
Jacques José Mardoché Attali is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant.
