Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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... Noël's second letter was delivered with his verbal invitation for Pascal not to respond again out of concern for the young scientist's failing health . This offer was apparently made in bad faith , for Noël's second letter was followed ...
... Noël's second letter was delivered with his verbal invitation for Pascal not to respond again out of concern for the young scientist's failing health . This offer was apparently made in bad faith , for Noël's second letter was followed ...
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... Noël and Pascal's polemical exchange of 1647 and 1648 turns . Indeed , the sub- ject of controversy , as Pascal notes in his first response to Noël , is epistemology , " reconnaître la vérité , " 20 and both of Pascal's letters center ...
... Noël and Pascal's polemical exchange of 1647 and 1648 turns . Indeed , the sub- ject of controversy , as Pascal notes in his first response to Noël , is epistemology , " reconnaître la vérité , " 20 and both of Pascal's letters center ...
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... Noël develops the topos of the deception of the senses . In essence , Noël attempts to invert Pascal's own reasoning by arguing that the " image , " what is seen , that is , a mere blank , is merely a false appearance and not a mimetic ...
... Noël develops the topos of the deception of the senses . In essence , Noël attempts to invert Pascal's own reasoning by arguing that the " image , " what is seen , that is , a mere blank , is merely a false appearance and not a mimetic ...
Contents
Logic and Rhetoric | 1 |
Natures Visibility | 37 |
Persuasion | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific ... Erec R. Koch Limited preview - 1997 |
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Fire in the Dark: Essays on Pascal's Pensées and Provinciales Charles M. Natoli No preview available - 2005 |
La littérature, le XVIIe siècle et nous: dialogue transatlantique Hélène Merlin-Kajman Limited preview - 2008 |