Primary Sources
Pascal, Blaise. “Account of the Great Experiment on the Equilibrium of Liquids.” The Physical Treatises of Pascal, translated by Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, Blackwell, 1648, pp. 87–101.
———. “Discourse on the Passions of Love.” Pascal: Selections, edited by Ralph McInerny, Scribner, 1653, pp. 315–21.
———. Écrits Sur La Grâce [Writings on Grace]. Edited by Louis Lafuma, Éditions du Seuil, 1658.
———. Essay on Conics. Translated by Richard A. Cardwell, Garland, 1640.
———. New Experiments Concerning the Vacuum. Translated by Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, Hafner, 1647.
———. “On the Art of Persuasion.” The Provincial Letters, Pensées, Scientific Treatises, translated by W. F. Trotter, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1657, pp. 419–32.
———. “On the Geometrical Spirit.” The Provincial Letters, Pensées, Scientific Treatises, translated by W. F. Trotter, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1657, pp. 389–418.
———. Pensées. Edited and translated by Roger Ariew, Hackett, 1670.
———. The Provincial Letters. Translated by A. J. Krailsheimer, Penguin Classics, 1657.
———. “Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle.” Great Books of the Western World, translated by Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, vol. 33, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1654.
Pascal, Blaise, and Pierre Fermat. “Correspondence on the Theory of Probability.” The Art of Probability for Scientists and Engineers, translated by Richard W. Hamming, Addison-Wesley, 1654, pp. 11–35.
Secondary Sources
Baird, A. W. Studies in Pascal’s Ethics. Manchester University Press, 1963.
Studies in Pascal’s Ethics provides an analysis of Blaise Pascal’s and how it interacts with some of his other thoughts concerning metaphysics and theology. It looks at Pascal’s ethics in the context of 17th century moral philosophy and how it influenced his own unique brand of ethics. More specifically it looks at how Pascal integrated Jansenism into his own morals and ethics.
Cole, J. R. Pascal: The Man and His Two Loves. University of North Carolina Press, 1983.
Pascal: The Man and His Two Loves acts as a look into Blaise Pascal’s struggles with the tension between his devotion for God and his love of science and philosophy. The book uses biographical elements to dive into Pascal’s “Two Loves”. In doing so, a connection is able to be seen between Pascal’s personal life and his scientific and philosophical contributions.
Hunter, Graeme, 2013. Pascal the Philosopher: An Introduction, Toronto and London: University of Toronto Press.
Pascal the Philosopher: An Introduction works as a starting point for understanding Blaise Pascal’s philosophical ideas and how they fit in with other 17th century ideas. The book covers all aspects of Pascal’s philosophy, including his ideas on faith, reason, skepticism, and scientific inquiry. The book also provides a clear overview of how Pascal’s background in Math and Science affected his views and how he argued them.