Pierre Manent is professor emeritus of political philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is the author of numerous books, including Montaigne: Life without Law.Paul Seaton is an independent scholar of political philosophy, with a special focus on French political thought. He has written extensively on modern and contemporary French thinkers, as well as translated works by Rémi Brague, Benjamin Constant, Chantal Delsol, and Pierre Manent.Daniel J. Mahoney is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus at Assumption University.

"Manent ventures boldly into the centuries-long conversation on the interpretation of Pascal, armed with a lifetime of deep study of the human condition, and distracted by no concern or agenda other than to see the truth in all possible clarity. The fruit of his effort is a sustained and multifaceted reflection that is clearly an epochal contribution to Pascal studies and gift of the highest value to all those who ponder what it means to be human." —Ralph C. Hancock, author of Calvin and the Foundation of Modern Politics"Manent turns to Pascal to recover the distinctiveness of the Christian proposition, to remind contemporary readers what Christianity is, and why it matters." —Thomas S. Hibbs, author of A Theology of Creation

• Foreword by Daniel J. MahoneyTranslator's IntroductionAuthor's Foreword: Europe and the Question of Christianity1. Confronting Atheism2. How God Comes to Man3. To Prove God?4. The Human Phenomenon5. Force and Justice in Human Order6. The Illusions of the Self7. Greatness and Misery8. Liberator and Mediator9. The Style of the Gospel10. Certainty and SalvationConclusion: Fear and Joy

Pierre Manent is professor emeritus of political philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is the author of numerous books, including Montaigne: Life without Law.Paul Seaton is an independent scholar of political philosophy, with a special focus on French political thought. He has written extensively on modern and contemporary French thinkers, as well as translated works by Rémi Brague, Benjamin Constant, Chantal Delsol, and Pierre Manent.Daniel J. Mahoney is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus at Assumption University.

"Manent ventures boldly into the centuries-long conversation on the interpretation of Pascal, armed with a lifetime of deep study of the human condition, and distracted by no concern or agenda other than to see the truth in all possible clarity. The fruit of his effort is a sustained and multifaceted reflection that is clearly an epochal contribution to Pascal studies and gift of the highest value to all those who ponder what it means to be human." —Ralph C. Hancock, author of Calvin and the Foundation of Modern Politics"Manent turns to Pascal to recover the distinctiveness of the Christian proposition, to remind contemporary readers what Christianity is, and why it matters." —Thomas S. Hibbs, author of A Theology of Creation

• Foreword by Daniel J. MahoneyTranslator's IntroductionAuthor's Foreword: Europe and the Question of Christianity1. Confronting Atheism2. How God Comes to Man3. To Prove God?4. The Human Phenomenon5. Force and Justice in Human Order6. The Illusions of the Self7. Greatness and Misery8. Liberator and Mediator9. The Style of the Gospel10. Certainty and SalvationConclusion: Fear and Joy