Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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Page 81
... claim to ground their laws in the authentic way ; that is , by force and by imposition " ils couvrent leur prudence humaine et politique du prétexte d'une prudence divine et chréti- enne " ( V : 388a - b ) . The fallacious claim that ...
... claim to ground their laws in the authentic way ; that is , by force and by imposition " ils couvrent leur prudence humaine et politique du prétexte d'une prudence divine et chréti- enne " ( V : 388a - b ) . The fallacious claim that ...
Page 117
... claim a final and decisive victory , for once what is implicit in the act of thought becomes via reflection explicit as a cognitive claim , it is again subject to doubt and must be relinquished . This predicament prompts a new reversal ...
... claim a final and decisive victory , for once what is implicit in the act of thought becomes via reflection explicit as a cognitive claim , it is again subject to doubt and must be relinquished . This predicament prompts a new reversal ...
Page 129
... claim to speak for both justice and justesse . But this knowledge of error is itself vain , for the " demi - habile " cannot substitute true jus- tice for the blindness of the people : " Veri juris . Nous n'en avons plus " ( 86/120 ) ...
... claim to speak for both justice and justesse . But this knowledge of error is itself vain , for the " demi - habile " cannot substitute true jus- tice for the blindness of the people : " Veri juris . Nous n'en avons plus " ( 86/120 ) ...
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 |