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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - Blaise Pascal]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pascal's Thinking Reed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6fc8d54f-1eb4-47b0-8b84-21b3db7f48dc_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>In the context of the French Baroque, Blaise Pascal wrote some thoughts with an eminently religious and Christian content, and an apologetic purpose in defense of the Christian religion and the Jansenist version based on the Bible and the belief in miracles, prophecies, and mysteries, in opposition to other monotheistic religions, to the Protestant. The thoughts are notes and fragments published posthumously in 1670, without following the author's recommendations regarding their ordering. According to the order provided by Pascal, the fragments were to be grouped thematically into thoughts on vanity, misery, boredom, amusement, immortality, Christian morality, and 20 other topics, and end with a conclusion. These instructions have been followed in the reference Catalan edition entitled <em>Thoughts and pamphlets</em> (Adesiara, 2021).</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Miquel Àngel Ballester]]></dc:creator>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The philosopher is telling us that the human being is fragile and weak, vulnerable, but that he knows how to connect and resist, like reeds.]]></subtitle>
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