Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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... ( Réflexions , OCL 355a / OCM 3 : 413 ) The language of the will rules man's passions and needs rather than his in- tellect , which is the province of proof . Although Pascal holds out as a possibility the prospect of the two modes ...
... ( Réflexions , OCL 355a / OCM 3 : 413 ) The language of the will rules man's passions and needs rather than his in- tellect , which is the province of proof . Although Pascal holds out as a possibility the prospect of the two modes ...
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... Réflexions sur la géométrie en général : de l'esprit géométrique et de l'art de persuader . Against all biographical evidence , which would seal off speculation in the natural sciences with the decisive evening of November 23 , 1654 ...
... Réflexions sur la géométrie en général : de l'esprit géométrique et de l'art de persuader . Against all biographical evidence , which would seal off speculation in the natural sciences with the decisive evening of November 23 , 1654 ...
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... Réflexions . Noël's tauto- logical definitions of light , body , and time are taken up in the Réflexions as ex- amples of abusive definitions of primitive terms and of the confusion of nominal and real definitions . Jean Mesnard has ...
... Réflexions . Noël's tauto- logical definitions of light , body , and time are taken up in the Réflexions as ex- amples of abusive definitions of primitive terms and of the confusion of nominal and real definitions . Jean Mesnard has ...
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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according aesthetic analysis authority becomes body charity choses cited claim cognitive consistent constitutes corps defined definition determined dialectic discourse distinction divine draw effect entity epistemological error establishes example fact figure follows force founded fragment function governs idea impose Jesuits justice knowledge language letter linguistic logic logicians Logique de Port-Royal manner marks matter meaning merely metaphor mode moral movement nature necessary negative Noël notes object opinion ornaments Paris Pascal passage passions Pensées perception performative persuasion positing possible precisely present principle proper properties propositions Provinciales qu'il question reasoning reference referential Réflexions relation represent representation reversal rhetoric sciences sense sensuous serve speak spirit statement status style substitution symbol Testament thing thought tion tout tradition translation tropes true truth turn void
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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 |