Fire in the dark
Subtitle: essays on Pascal's Pensées and Provinciales
By: Charles M. Natoli.
Series: Rochester studies in philosophy
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Pascal, Blaise, -- 1623-1662; Pascal, Blaise, -- 1623-1662; Apologetics -- History -- 17th century; Christian ethics -- History -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fire in the dark; title: The Provinciales : ruse against ruse, force against force?; title: Preferring to live in a tree-trunk : the Provinciales as Heauton timoroumenos; title: Revelation/revolution : a reflection on newness in the Provinciales; title: Proof in the Pensées : reason as rhetoric, rhetoric as reason; title: The fundamental role of justice in Pascal's apologetics : the hidden God; title: Mystic/anti-mystic : on speech and silence in Pascal's Mémorial; title: "Watchman, what of the night?"