Monday, October 14, 2024

On the passion of love - Blaise Pascal


In this short treaty, Blaise Pascal - who for the most part of his life worked as a scientist - expounds his views about love and passion. He tries to point out the relation of these feelings with all the other aspects of life.
He wrote it in the 17th century, so don't expect some deep psychological or physiological analysis. It is often quite naive actually, yet it is interesting to see how what has arguably been one of the greatest mathematicians and physicians of his time, could write beautifully about such a different topic than the ones he was used to delve into. And this is not even the most famous among his philosophical books: the "Pensées" arguably being the best candidate in that category. And that's coming soon.

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