
Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher & mathematician Pascal the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction & real joy in life
- or whether a belief in God is a wise gamble at best Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted They have enriched lives
- & destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are