Apologia pro vita sua vs Pensées: Which Should You Read?
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Apologia pro vita sua
An influential Church of England vicar, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley launched the most scathing attacks…
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Pensées
"Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The…
The verdict
- Readers rate Apologia pro vita sua highest: Apologia pro vita sua 4.1 · Pensées 3.8.
- Apologia pro vita sua has the widest readership — 1684 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Apologia pro vita sua | Pensées | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (1684) | — |
| Hardcover | 2.7 (5) | — |
Reception
| Apologia pro vita sua | Pensées | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1684 | 4 |
| Editions | 204 | 395 |
| Citations | 239 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3492 | — |
| Reading it now | 566 | — |
| Written reviews | 151 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 5393 | 3355 |
| Pages | 340 | 297 |