Translation of : Un été avec Pascal. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
"L'honnête homme" -- M. de Mons, Louis de Montalte, Amos Dettonville, Salomon de Tultie. "Heel of a Shoe" -- Amor sui -- "Mistress of Error and Falsehood" -- "The Life of Monsieur Pascal" -- "The Queen of the World" -- "On the Art of Persuasion" -- Tyranny -- Casuistry -- The Father -- "I Find It Fitting That Copernicus's Opinion Not Be Closely Analyzed" -- Pascal and the Marxists -- "The Eternal Silence of Those Infinite Spaces Terrifies Me" -- Gradation -- Violence and Truth -- "Greatness of Establishment, Respect of Establishment" -- "Thought Escaped" -- "He Is Neither Angel Nor Beast, but Man" -- The Libertines -- "Joy, Joy, Joy, Tears of Joy" -- Pascal's Method -- "The Sublime Misanthropist" -- "A King without Diversions" -- The Three Orders -- "The Heart Has Its Reasons" -- "It Is Not in Montaigne" -- The Three Concupiscences -- The Mystery of Predestination -- The Mystery of the Holy Thorn -- The Middle Ground -- Double Thought -- "What Is the Self?" -- Village Queens and False Windows -- "Working for What Is Uncertain" -- "Infinite Nothingness" -- Private Vice, Public Good -- "You Would Not Be Seeking Me if You Had Not Found Me" -- "The Hidden God" -- Geometrical Mind, Intuitive Mind -- "L'honnête homme" -- M. de Mons, Louis de Montalte, Amos Dettonville, Salomon de Tultie.
Summary:
"Blaise Pascal is a marquee name, yet little read outside France. Antoine Compagnon provides an ideal introduction to one of the great intellects, contextualizing Pascal in his own time and offering insightful readings of the Pensées and the Provincial Letters. Compagnon proves a welcoming guide to Pascal's challenging and rewarding thought."-- Provided by publisher.
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