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  Pascal's Anguish Maurice Barrès Buy the Kindle Edition Here    Newly-released is a set of two essays by Maurice Barrès (1862-1923).  Barrès was a novelist, traveloguist, and politician; I previously translated a volume of his writings on Joan of Arc . The present eBook consists of the essay "Pascal's Anguish," along with the shorter complement "The Enfances Pascal ," about Pascal's childhood.  The main essay discusses Pascal's spiritual anguish, which was resolved by a revelation, the experience of which was enshrined in Pascal's Memorial .  The essay includes a line-by-line commentary on the Memorial .  The second essay delves into Pascal's intellectual and spiritual development during his childhood.  As with my other translations, I have added many footnotes explaining Barrès' references. Being short, this new translation is available in eBook format only; as with my other eBooks, it can be read for free by subscribers to Kindle ...

  Defense of the Genius of Christianity François-René de Chateaubriand Buy the Kindle Edition Here   Chateaubriand (1761-1848) was a major French author of his time, and one of the forefathers of Romanticism, but he is little-read today.  (Though, circumstantially, a newly-translated anthology of his writings was just released a week and a half ago, which views him from the angle of his anti-Enlightenment and anti-Revolutionary thought.) One of his greatest works is the Genius of Christianity , an apology for the Catholic religion primarily on the basis of its effect on aesthetics and morals, rather than a philosophical or theological defense.  Though wildly popular, it also had its critics; to rebut his critics, Chateaubriand, inspired by Montesquieu's Defense of the Spirit of the Laws , wrote this Defense . Unfortunately for English readers, the only available translation of the Genius (as far as I have found) omits this addition.  To remedy this lack, I ha...

  Purchase the Kindle edition here   I have just released a translation of Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam's essay "On Progress Through Christianity."  Ozanam (1813-1853) was a literary historian, lawyer, and journalist, but he is best-known as one of the founders of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. His books include Civilization in the Fifth Century , Germanic Studies , Franciscan Poets in Italy in the 13 th Century , Dante and Catholic Philosophy in the 1 3 th Century , and a translation and commentary on Dante’s Purgatorio .  I previously translated a few passages by Ozanam on care for the poor. Being somewhat short, this release is only available in eBook (Kindle) format, not paperback; however, its price ($0.99) is much lower than my paperback-also eBooks ($2.99).  I am also in the process of preparing a longer anthology of Ozanam's writings, to be available in both paperback and eBook formats. You might notice that, in contrast to my prior books, the...