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The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal (Paperback)
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Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont Ferrand in Auvergne, on June 19,
1623. He sprung from a well known legal family, many members of
which had held lucrative and responsible positions. His father,
Etienne Pascal, held the post of intendant, or provincial
administrator, in Normandy, where, and at Paris previously, Pascal
lived from the age of sixteen to that of twenty five; almost wholly
educated by his father on account of his precarious health. His
mother died when he was eight years old. Etienne Pascal was a pious
but stern person, and by no means disposed to entertain or allow
any undue exaltation in religion, refusing as long as he lived to
allow his daughter Jaqueline to take the veil. But he had the usual
faiths and superstitions of his time, and believing that his son's
ill health arose from witchcraft, employed the old woman who was
supposed to have caused the malady to remove it, by herbs culled
before sunrise, and the expiatory death of a cat. This made a great
impression on his son, who in the Thoughts employs an ingenious
argument to prove that wonders wrought by the invocation of the
devil are not, in the proper sense of the term, miracles. At any
rate the the counter charm was incomplete, as the child's feeble
health remained feeble to the end.
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2012 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
M. Auguste Molinier
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
434 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4699-4029-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
1-4699-4029-9 |
Barcode: |
9781469940298 |
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