Description
About the Author
Michael Moriarty is Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Peterhouse. He works chiefly on the literature and thought of the early modern period. His publications include Early Modern French Thought (Oxford 2003), Fallen Nature, Fallen Selves (Oxford 2006), and Disguised Vices (Oxford 2011). He is co-editor of The Camswinbridge History of French Thought (2019), and he has translated Rene Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy and The Passions on the Soul for the Oxford World's Classics series. Moriarty is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques.
Reviews
In exploring the validity of Pascal's claims, Moriarty appeals to a wide variety of sources, ancient and modern, analytic and contemporary European. * Daniel Garber, Princeton University, Journal of the History of Philosophy *
Moriarty's contribution here breaks boundaries in the extraordinary depth of its intellectual quality and in its sheer philosophical scope. * Henry Phillips, The Seventeenth Century *
It is common practice to avoid writing extremely laudatory reviews of academic books. In this case, however, it is appropriate to make an exception, because Michael Moriarty's recent monograph on Pascal is nothing short of a masterpiece ... Thanks to its originality, accuracy and convincing argument, Moriarty's monograph on Pascal is likely to become the standard book on this author's religious thought. Therefore, this book definitely deserves to be read by all those interested in early modern thought. * Diego Lucci, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
This book is an excellent contribution to the immense body of literature on Blaise Pascal (1623-62). Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * B. T. Harding, Texas Woman's University, CHOICE *
Especially strong are the careful arguments about Pascal's theological structures and his imaginative force, certainly one of the most powerful elements in the Pensees, together with the way in which it facilitates the making of connections. * Mary Ann Caws, Graduate School, City University of New York *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198849117
Author Michael Moriarty
Format Hardback
Page Count 426
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 160mm * 25mm