13 Best classics books like Pensées by Blaise Pascal, A.J. Krailsheimer

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Pensées

By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer

3.95

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and…

"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

If you liked the classics plot in Pensées by Blaise Pascal, A.J. Krailsheimer , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Complete English Poems

By: John Donne , A.J. Smith

4.15

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

Yet it is only this century that Donne has been indisputably established as a great poet—and even, … read more

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  • classics
  • 17th century
"The day breaks not: it is my heart."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

"Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

"I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

"And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

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2. Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.76

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Rene Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and it is certainly true that… read more

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  • 17th century
  • philosophy
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  • france
"The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake."

-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

"c'est une vérité très certaine que, lorsqu'il n'est pas en notre pouvoir de discerner les plus vraies opinions, nous devons suivre les plus probables partie 3, para 3)"

-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

"Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds rev…"

-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

"Those who possess the strongest reasoning and who best order their thoughts in order to make them clear and intelligible can always best persuade others of what they are proposing, even if they were …"

-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

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3. Theological-Political Treatise

By: Baruch Spinoza , Seymour Feldman , Samuel Shirley

4.08

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

D’abord paru sous le couvert de l’anonymat en 1670, le Traité théologico-politique fut rapidement a… read more

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  • classics
  • 17th century
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The purpose of the state is really freedom."

-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise

"لم يستطِعْ أحدٌ أن يستمرَّ في الحُكم طويلًا عن طريق العنف"

-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise

"No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand."

-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise

"لا يحدُث شيء يُناقِض الطبيعة، فالطبيعة تحتفِظ بنظامٍ أزلي لا يتغيَّر"

-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise

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4. Ethics

By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work—an elegant, fu… read more

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"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself."

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

"The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body"

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

"Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta."

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

"Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility."

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

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5. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

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  • classics
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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6. Leviathan

By: Thomas Hobbes , Crawford Brough Macpherson

3.71

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the En… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • 17th century
"Hell is truth seen too late."

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

"LET THE GAY BEGI- I MEAN GAMES BEGIN!"

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

"The Conscience is a thousand witnesses."

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

" Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power."

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

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7. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • france
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8. Second Treatise of Government

By: John Locke , Crawford Brough Macpherson , C.B. MacPherson

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

The Second Treatiseis one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the mos… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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9. Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies

By: René Descartes , Bernard Williams , John Cottingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaim… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • france
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10. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • classics
  • christian
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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11. Meditations on First Philosophy

By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • france

12. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

By: John Locke

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Locke is widely regarded as the father of classical liberalism. This essay was groundbreaking … read more

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13. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more

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14. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

By: David Hume

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Philosopher David Hume was considered to one of the most important figures in the age of Scottish e… read more

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15. The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None

4.21

Format: 534 pages, Paperback

Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Scoundrels are always sociable."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"To have lost what cannot be missed is clearly no evil."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"Everything is beautiful only so long as it does not concern us."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

16. Maxims

By: François de la Rochefoucauld , Leonard Tancock

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire an… read more

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17. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

By: Immanuel Kant , Christine M. Korsgaard , Mary J. Gregor

4.27

Format: 197 pages, paper

Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristo… read more

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18. Pensées

By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer

3.95

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and… read more

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  • classics
  • 17th century
  • christianity
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • essays
  • french literature
"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

19. Discourse on Method

By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

By far the most widely used translation in North American college classrooms, Donald A. Cress's tra… read more

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20. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay , Victor Eremita

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

'What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?' Eith… read more

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21. Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

By: Ami Loper

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Many believers in Jesus Christ are living life against the backdrop of disenchantment. They have a … read more

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"A God-given longing must have a God-given fulfillment"

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

"I feel his love most strongly when I am confident in his love."

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

"Be willing to be a place where God can let His dreams for you grow."

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

"Since the moment of the Fall, God has never stopped searching us out."

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

12 Top philosophy books like Pensées by Blaise Pascal, A.J. Krailsheimer

Transform Your Habits

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Theological-Political Treatise

Baruch Spinoza , Seymour Feldman , Samuel Shirley

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Ethics

Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

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15 must-read classics books like Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

Transform Your Habits

A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo

Plato , G.M.A. Grube , John M. Cooper

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Ethics

Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

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