基本信息出版社：Cambridge University Press
页码：304 页
出版日期：2003年06月
ISBN：0521006112
条形码：9780521006118
装帧：平装
丛书名：Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
外文书名：剑桥哲学指南: 帕斯卡尔

内容简介 Blaise Pascal (1623 1662) occupies a position of pivotal importance in many domains: philosophy, mathematics, physics, religious polemics and apologetics. In this volume a team of leading scholars presents the full range of Pascal's achievement and surveys the intellectual background of his thought and the reception of his work. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Pascal currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Pascal.
作者简介 Nicholas Hammond is Senior Lecturer at the Department of French, Cambridge University and Director of Studies in Modern Languages at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
编辑推荐 Review
'A treasure trove for the Pascal enthusiast.' Scientific and Medical Network Review 'There can be no doubt that the Cambridge Companions series serves a very useful purpose. ... Fouke's and Clarke's essays do the work that a historian might expect. ... a good bibliography ... there is certainly enough interest in this book to make it worth the attention of the historian of science.' British Journal of the History of Science

Review
‘A treasure trove for the Pascal enthusiast.’ Scientific and Medical Network Review

'There can be no doubt that the Cambridge Companions series serves a very useful purpose. … Fouke's and Clarke's essays do the work that a historian might expect. … a good bibliography … there is certainly enough interest in this book to make it worth the attention of the historian of science.' British Journal of the History of Science

Product Description
Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) occupies a position of pivotal importance in many domains: philosophy, mathematics, physics, religious polemics and apologetics. In this volume a team of leading scholars presents the full range of Pascal’s achievement and surveys the intellectual background of his thought and the reception of his work. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Pascal currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Pascal.