ABSTRACT
I A S TV D Y of Pascal's view of man, of living beings, of the physical universe, of epistemology, ethics, aesthetics and life in society has revealed the permanence of the same basic concept underlying all his ideas: man is a paradoxical being, who is both great and small, and who is equally incapable both of achieving real values in this world and of giving up the quest for them. He is therefore led to place his hope only in religion, and in the existence of a personal and transcendent deity.
