Pensées vs The Everlasting Man: Which Should You Read?
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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…
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The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contrast, G. K.…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Everlasting Man highest: The Everlasting Man 4.2 · Pensées 3.8.
- The Everlasting Man is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Pensées.
- The Everlasting Man has the widest readership — 11202 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Pensées | The Everlasting Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (11202) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (21) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| Pensées | The Everlasting Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 11202 |
| Editions | 395 | 122 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 26224 |
| Reading it now | — | 3003 |
| Written reviews | — | 1143 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3355 | 2813 |
| Pages | 297 | 184 |