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Explores the consequences of French philosopher Blaise Pascal's (1623-62) famous conclusion that believing in a God that did not exist was safer than not believing in one that did. Among the aspects the book ponders are self-deception and deciding to believe, non-cognitivity and contingency, and rationality and history.

Alan Vincelette traces the thought of twenty-one key Catholic philosophers of the Twentieth-Century and their contributions to the philosophical movements in which their thought can most accurately be situated. Containing a valuable bibliography and rich notes, this collection is an excellent resource for the student of philosophy, theology, church history, history, and western culture in general.

Max Scheler was one of the major philosophers of the 20th Century. He was one of the three original phenomenologists - with Husserl and Heidegger - who set the scene for phenomenological, existential and life philosophy. This translation, taken from his posthumous writings, brings together what he wrote on metaphysics and human anthropology.