Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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Page 164
... Charity , the referential meaning of the Bible , is the product of impression upon the body and the will ; it is not received by an act of understanding but is pro- duced by a force that acts upon the will . What language would be ...
... Charity , the referential meaning of the Bible , is the product of impression upon the body and the will ; it is not received by an act of understanding but is pro- duced by a force that acts upon the will . What language would be ...
Page 169
... charity , make this positing power something capable of bearing a proper name . In fact , charity does bear a proper name in the Bible , the name of Jesus Christ . But the proper name of charity inscribes not one name but two : Je- sus ...
... charity , make this positing power something capable of bearing a proper name . In fact , charity does bear a proper name in the Bible , the name of Jesus Christ . But the proper name of charity inscribes not one name but two : Je- sus ...
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... charity in / of the Word led us to the point where charity functions as both the means and the substantial referential meaning of the Word , or , in the terminology of the Port - Royalists , as both manner and substance . This ...
... charity in / of the Word led us to the point where charity functions as both the means and the substantial referential meaning of the Word , or , in the terminology of the Port - Royalists , as both manner and substance . This ...
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 |