Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) gained renown as a gifted mathematician, physicist, and a man after God's own heart. An eminence in geometry and physics, he used his analytical skills to study religion, or as he put it, to contemplate the greatness and wretchedness of man. Pascal's classic defense of Christ persuaded many skeptics in his day.
Now editor James Houston has arranged Pascal's meditations in a logical progression of thought that contemporary readers can enjoy in "A Blazing Mind." Described as a masterpiece of theological scholarship, "A Blazing Mind" also includes selections from Pascal's letters to a provincial (Provincial Letters), a description of his conversion in his own words.
