Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-185) and index.
Contents:
Preface : living with Blaise / Tom Conley -- Early upbringing and arrival in Paris, 1623-41 -- Rouen and the Pascaline science trials and conceits; the 'first conversion' -- Jacqueline Pascal, poet and devout of Port-Royal, 1648-52 -- Pascal's 'worldly period', 1650-54 -- The 'second conversion' : the memorial; M de Sacy on Epictetus and Montaigne, 1655-7 -- The Provinciales and the miracle of the holy thorn -- Thinking about thinking : the publication of the Pens�ees in 1670 -- Pascal's death, and his remaining still with us.
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