God Owes Us Nothing reflects on the centuries-long debate in Christianity: how do we reconcile the existence of evil in
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G0D OWES US NOTHING
LESZEK
KOLAKOWSKI
G0D
OWES US
NOTHING A Brief Remark on Pascal's Religion and on the Spirit of Jansenism
THE
UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
OF AND
CHICAGO LONDON
PRESS
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London ©1995 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1995 Paperback edition 1998 Printed in the United States of America 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 2 3 4 5 ISBN: 0-226-45051-1 (cloth) ISBN: 0-226-45053-8 (paperback)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kolakowski, Leszek. God owes us nothing: a brief remark on Pascal's religion and on the spirit ofJansenism / Leszek Kolakowski. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662. 2. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo-Influence. 3. Jansenists. 4· Semi-Pelagianism. 5. Catholic Church-Doctrines-HistOIY-17th century. I. Tide. B1903·K57 1995 95-5768 273'·7-dc2o