Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life

by Thomas V. Morris

Overview

An instructive and entertaining book that addresses basic life questions. Relating numerous personal anecdotes, incorporating, intriguing material from the films of Woody Allen and the journals of Leo Tolstoy, and using the writings of the seventeenth-century genius Blaise Pascal as a central guide, Morris explores the nature of faith, reason, and the meaning of life. His lucid reflections provide fresh, fertile insights and perspectives for any thoughtful person journeying through life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802806529
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/06/1992
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Thomas V. Morris taught philosophy for fifteen years at the University of Notre Dame, where he received numerous awards for teaching excellence. He currently chairs the Morris Institute for Human Values in Wilmington, North Carolina. Morris is the author of more than thirty books, including Philosophy for Dummies.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Our Need for a Guide
2. The Folly of Indifference
3. The Danger of Diversion
4. The Meaning of Life
5. Skepticism, Proof, and the Good Life
6. The Hidden God
7. Wagering a Life
8. The Human Enigma
9. Marks of the Truth
10. Faith and the Heart
11. Love, Life, and God

Index

Editorial Reviews

A thought-provoking, timely word. Not only might it prove very helpful to students of apologetics but it may well introduce a new group of readers to the insights of Pascal. Morris is to be commended for bringing us this fresh look at one of the great thinkers of the past, a thinker whose thoughts are extraordinarily contemporary.

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