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Title: Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees by Peter Kreeft, Blaise Pascal ISBN: 0-89870-452-9 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: October, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: This is how philosophy should be taught.
Comment: This is a delightful book, and one that truly does what it says it will: there will be moments of stunned silence when you realize just how truly great Pascal's thought was. The fact that he didn't jump on the Enlightenment bandwagon goes only to his credit. There was a great parting of ways in human thought at that time, with many thinking that science was the answer to human happiness. Quite obviously this is not so. Pascal is virtually ignored today because his message is a moral square peg in the decadent round hole of modern life: you will not be happy until you come to know yourself, and you cannot know yourself until you know Christ.

Rating: 5
Summary: Dr Kreeft does a fine job
Comment: Dr Peter Kreeft does a fine job of presenting a summary of Pascal's thought. The primary selections he presents give the modern reader a well rounded look at this lone sane voice crying out in the wilderness of modern philosophy. Kreeft also supplies footnoted comments to Pascal's writings that are quite insightful and helpful. This is a fine introduction into Pascal's apologetic and I highly recommend it.

Rating: 4
Summary: Well worth the read!
Comment: Pascal's Pensees are a must read for anyone who cares about himself or others.

Kreeft's commentary varies between very helpful (giving context to some of Pascal's references) to obstructive (Sometimes his commentaries seem to be about what Kreeft wanted to say, not about what Pascal was saying.)

The commentary is easy to skip over or to read if you want, so it your like/dislike for it shouldn't be a noteworthy hinderance to your enjoyment of the book.

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