Month: February 2022

An illustration from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloomfield, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm.

VIII. ISAIAH’S VISION

“‘Outstretched these hands of mine…a nation of rebels…openly defying me…What marvel if my indignation smoulders yet? Nay, fire it is that burns continually….’” —Pensée 664

An illustration from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloomfield, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm.

IX. IN GETHSEMANE

“And so Jesus was left alone with the wrath of God.” —Pensée 739

An illustration from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloomfield, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm.

X. SHEPHERD AND FIGHTER

“Jesus Christ, who said that he had come to bring peace, also said that he had come to bring the sword….” —Pensée 83

An illustration from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloomfield, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm.

XI. THE DEVOTED LIFE

“We love ourselves because we are members of Jesus Christ. We love Jesus Christ because he is the body of which we are members. All is one….” —Pensée 688

An illustration from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal. Translated by Martin Turnell. Illustrated by Ismar David. Typography by Charles E. Scaggs. Bloomfield, CT: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1971. xix, 184 p., 30 cm.

XII. THE GENIUS OF PASCAL

“All sound principles are at work in the world; all that we need to do is to apply them.” —Pensée 913