Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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... cited for this incapacity , namely the variability of the principles of pleasure among men , would seem to be belied by the universal success of the same author's Lettres provinciales . Nevertheless Pascal's own hesitation estab- lishes ...
... cited for this incapacity , namely the variability of the principles of pleasure among men , would seem to be belied by the universal success of the same author's Lettres provinciales . Nevertheless Pascal's own hesitation estab- lishes ...
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... cited are all worked by figure , or more precisely by metaphor , and are the source of error when taken literally . The presence of figures , however , can be controlled , the error that they elicit rectified by following the exchanges ...
... cited are all worked by figure , or more precisely by metaphor , and are the source of error when taken literally . The presence of figures , however , can be controlled , the error that they elicit rectified by following the exchanges ...
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... cited within a reordered sequence to constitute a different text and a different meaning . To cite Montaigne in the ... cited from the people " il faut honorer les gentilshommes " ( 92/126 ) . For the people , the normative prescription ...
... cited within a reordered sequence to constitute a different text and a different meaning . To cite Montaigne in the ... cited from the people " il faut honorer les gentilshommes " ( 92/126 ) . For the people , the normative prescription ...
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 |