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Pascal D'Angelo: Son of Italy is a memoir written by Pascal D'Angelo, chronicling his life growing up in Italy and his eventual immigration to the United States. The book begins with D'Angelo's childhood in Calabria, Italy, where he was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father's untimely death. Despite facing poverty and hardship, D'Angelo found solace in his love for soccer and his close-knit community.As he grew older, D'Angelo became increasingly disillusioned with the political and economic climate in Italy, and eventually decided to immigrate to the United States in search of a better life. The memoir details his struggles to adjust to life in a new country, including learning English and navigating the cultural differences.Throughout the book, D'Angelo reflects on his experiences with humor and humility, offering a unique perspective on the immigrant experience. He also discusses the importance of family, community, and hard work in achieving success and happiness.Pascal D'Angelo: Son of Italy is a poignant and inspiring memoir that offers a glimpse into the life of an Italian immigrant and the challenges and triumphs he faced in pursuit of the American Dream.Extremely Rare Reprint Of The First Edition With The Carl Van Doren Introduction. An Account Of How The Author Left His Work With A Pick And Shovel To Become A Poet.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Pascal's Wager
Cambridge University Press
2018
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In his famous Wager, Blaise Pascal (1623–62) offers the reader an argument that it is rational to strive to believe in God. Philosophical debates about this classic argument have continued until our own times. This volume provides a comprehensive examination of Pascal's Wager, including its theological framework, its place in the history of philosophy, and its importance to contemporary decision theory. The volume starts with a valuable primer on infinity and decision theory for students and non-specialists. A sequence of chapters then examines topics including the Wager's underlying theology, its influence on later philosophical figures, and contemporary analyses of the Wager including Alan Hájek's challenge to its validity, the many gods objection, and the ethics of belief. The final five chapters explore various ways in which the Wager has inspired contemporary decision theory, including questions related to infinite utility, imprecise probabilities, and infinitesimals.
Originally published in 1970. The question of man's freedom to exercise his will—as active an issue among twentieth-century philosophers and theologians as it was in the Jesuit and Jansenist camps known to Pascal—is basic to this study. Pascal's theological thinking, which Professor Miel demonstrates to be the source of unity and coherence in virtually all phases of his thought, is preoccupied by a concern for man's limitations. In his analysis of Pascal's theology, Miel is concerned not only with characterizing Pascal's theological position but also with evaluating it in terms of the history of the church. In a concise and lucid review of the Christian doctrine of grace from the pre-Augustinians through the Renaissance, the author identifies the intellectual-theological atmosphere that created the need for Pascal's strong defense of Augustinian theology. Miel considers Pascal's Écrits sur la grâce, Lettres provincials, and Pensées as well as shorter compositions and correspondence. He establishes the content of Pascal's vision of grace and free will, noting both its originality and its sense of history. Most importantly, he asserts that Pascal's affirmation of Jansenism predated his association with Port Royal and, indeed, was basic to all his adult thought and work. The author finds in the writings of Pascal a style that anticipates twentieth-century theology, a sophistication that belies charges of Pascal's theological naïveté, and a concern to uphold rather than to undermine doctrinal traditions of the church.
Blaise Pascal has always been appreciated as a literary giant and a religious guide, but has received only grudging recognition as a philosopher: philosophers have mistaken Pascal’s harsh criticism of their discipline as a rejection of it. But according to Graeme Hunter, Pascal’s critics have simply failed to grasp his lean, but powerful conception of philosophy. This accessibly written book provides the first introduction to Pascal’s philosophy as an organic whole. Hunter argues that Pascal’s aim is not merely to humble philosophy, but to save it from a kind of failure to which it is prone. He lays out Pascal’s development of a more promising and fruitful path for philosophical inquiry, one that responded to the scientific, religious, and political upheaval of his time. Finally, Hunter illuminates Pascal’s significance for contemporary readers, allowing him to emerge as the rare philosopher who is spiritual, literary, and rigorous all at once – both a brilliant controversialist and a thinker of substance.
Pascal's God- Shaped Vacuum
Peter Brian Gilbert
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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Blaise Pascal wrote the Pens es to his skeptical and restless friends to move them to seek God. The Pens es are widely regarded as one of the most exhilarating and effective defenses of the Christian faith ever written, particularly for today's readers who resemble Pascal's friends. This comprehensive guided tour of Pascal's Pens es, plus biography of Pascal's courageous life, aims to benefit seekers and believers by conveying Pascal's insights into: (1) Why a human being is miserable without God; (2) Why Christianity uniquely offers a winsome and efficacious cure; and (3) Why Christianity, despite modern objections, is plausibly true. The greatest significance of Pascal's Pens es may be their compelling articulation of the unique relevance of Christ's gospel for our time. In T.S. Eliot's words, "But I can think of no Christian writer, not Newman even, more to be commended than Pascal to those who doubt, but who have the mind to conceive, and the sensibility to feel, the disorder, the futility, the meaninglessness, the mystery of life and suffering, and who can only find peace through a satisfaction of the whole being." Pascal's signature Pens e undergirding the themes of this guided tour is number 148: "What else does this craving proclaim but that there was once in man a true state of happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This he tries in vain to fill with everything around him though none can help, since this infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object, in other words by God himself." Through this Pens e and many others Pascal wakes us up to appreciate that we may have a God-shaped vacuum in our heart, as suggested, for example, by our affinity for diversions and indifference as ways to avoid addressing our grimmest problems such as our impending deaths, unhappiness, and unjust self-absorption. The Pens es in particular address how a person this side of the technological revolution can seriously consider Christian truth and life in the face of contemporary countervailing currents including scientism, cynicism, and entertainment culture. Pascal's case for why to seek and believe is especially relevant for today because he wrote to modern secular society, to ambitious pursuers of career success, to the bored and indifferent, to intellectual skeptics. In contrast, classical rational apologetics hardly penetrate this group, because they neglect the readers' psychology, mistakenly pre-supposing they are open to seeking God. By combining style, wit, and reasoned arguments to move both the heart and mind, Pascal's Pens es are known for setting his listeners on fire to take up an interest in seeking. The Pens es will appeal to those who enjoy brilliant writing and wish to gain deeper insight into the human condition. As Professor Henry Phillips put it, "Pascal offers a portrait of the human condition that provokes questions whose answers will be found only in the Christian religion." The Pens es are especially on target for readers who struggle with how a reasonable person living in today's technological era can be a Christian; for these Pascal is indispensible reading and the ultimate mentor. In addition to helping seekers work out their doubts about belief, this guided tour aims to make Pascal's thoughts practically helpful for a Christian to live life congruently with the gospel, and in particular to better weather modern doubts and criticisms. This book was inspired by the excellent guided tour of the Pens es (Christianity for Modern Pagans, 1993) by Professor Peter Kreeft, and from learning that many fellow Christians count the Pens es as one of their all-time most helpful reads. Given the stature of Pascal as a colossal Christian thinker, it is surprising that very few comprehensive guided tours with objective to help modern seekers and believers have been published, and this book helps fill this space. Forward by Reve
Pascal's Last Gamble
Justin Oetting; Steve Oetting
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Pascal's Triangle, 2nd Edition
Charles L. Hamberg; Thomas M. Green
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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Pascal's Triangle is one of the most intriguing array of numbers in mathematics. Not only are there seemingly boundless patterns and relationships within the trianglular array itself, but there are also numerous applications in mathematics, probability, statistics and science. Students at all levels, elementary through college, can find something of interest appropriate to their level and beyond. This book has been designed to provide a vehicle to the discovery of many of those patterns and applications. This 2nd Editioncontains new material on Catalan numbers centered polygonal numbers counting paths on grids Euler's formula Pascal's pyramid Vandermonde's identity and more. Teachers and students are eligible for special discounts for purchases of this book. Send an email to [email protected] for information on qualifying for a discount code to use before ordering.
Pascal and Probability: Volume 1 in the "Scientist and Science" series
Enders Anthony Robinson
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Pascal's Triangle: A Study in Combinations
Jason Vanbilliard
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Pascal's Wager (2nd edition)
Cornelius O. Barlascini Jr
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Better odds for your salvation. Read this book to load the dice in your favor.