Thoughts

What is man? What is his nature? What is the meaning of life? These fundamental questions of human existence are addressed in "Thoughts" — Pascal's unfinished work that contains profound reflections on God and man's place in the Universe. The aphoristic style, brevity of definitions, and concise manner set this masterpiece apart from many philosophical texts of the 17th century. "Thoughts," written in a pivotal era when the rationalism of the Enlightenment was emerging at the end of Renaissance humanism, remains extremely relevant today, in times that are no less complex and contradictory.