Abstract

The goal of this text is to give an exposition of Pascal's ethics, treatments of which are still rare and mostly outdated. Although the past few years have seen several new book-length works on various aspects of Pascal's philosophy, Frigo's monograph stands out for not merely perpetuating dated readings, but instead advancing the discussion with unprecedented historical research and drawing from recent developments.The general focus of the book is to uncover Pascal's moral philosophy by means of the Morale chrétienne fragments of Pensées, 351–76 in the edition of Louis Lafuma, translated by A. J. Krailsheimer. As Frigo notes, this set...