思想录

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I THOUGHTS ON MIND AND ON STYLE

SECTION II THE MISERY OF MAN WITHOUT GOD

SECTION III OF THE NECESSITY OF THE WAGER

SECTION IV OF THE MEANS OF BELIEF

SECTION V JUSTICE AND THE REASON OF EFFECTS

SECTION VI THE PHILOSOPHERS

SECTION VII MORALITY AND DOCTRINE

SECTION VIII THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION

SECTION IX PERPETUITY

SECTION X TYPOLOGY

SECTION XI THE PROPHECIES

SECTION XII PROOFS OF JESUS CHRIST

SECTION XIII THE MIRACLES

SECTION XIV APPENDIX: POLEMICAL FRAGMENTS

NOTES

PASCAI's Pensees is widely considered to be a masterpiece， and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section， Sainte-Beuve praised it as the finest pages in the French language.
Will Durant， in his II-volume， comprehensive The
Story of Civilization series， hailed it as "the most eloquent book in French prose."
In Pensees， Pascal surveys several philosophical paradoxes： infinity and nothing， faith and reason， soul and matter， death and life， meaning and vanity- seemingly arriving at no definitive conclusions besides humility， ignorance， and grace.

在17世纪中叶的二十余年问，帕斯卡在自然和社会科学的诸多领域都作出卓越的贡献。这个出身于法国冉森派基督徒家庭的早慧的通才在几何学和概率论方面的探讨既为莱布尼茨的微积分理论奠定了点基础，又大大影响了现代经济学和社会科学的发展。然而在经历了一次神秘体验后，帕斯卡断然放弃数学和物理学研究，转而从事于哲学沉思和写作，有关论著在其死后被编为《思想录》。
帕斯卡上承人文主义和理性主义的传统，对人性、人生、社会、哲学以及宗教信仰进行了深入的探讨，在西方思想史上产生极其重要的影响。帕斯卡文笔清丽、雅洁，他的《思想录》一向被视为世界三大经典哲理散文之一。