Pascal and the Arts of the Mind (Cambridge Studies in French)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780521032629
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Religion - Catholicism; French; Europe; Christian Theology - Catholic; Christianity - Theology - Catholic; Literary Collections / Continental European; Pascal, Blaise, --1623-1662--Knowledge and le; Pascal, Blaise,--1623-1662--Knowledge and learning; European - General
First sentence: As an introduction to the questions of how and in what specific ways Pascal goes about solving his problems, let us in a rapid survey try to gain a sense of certain distinctions and choices regarding what he wishes to consider and investigate.