Pascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the Provinciales, and the Pensées |
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... void concerns the experimental production and identification of a phenomenon whose existence in nature had previously been denied . No decisive conclusions on the existence or the non - existence of the phenomenon can be made without ...
... void concerns the experimental production and identification of a phenomenon whose existence in nature had previously been denied . No decisive conclusions on the existence or the non - existence of the phenomenon can be made without ...
Page 59
... void in nature and in the top of the tube as merely hypothetical . The first letter , in its lesson on epistemology ... void as hypothetical , for the propositions on the void are preceded by such prefixive statements as " mon sentiment ...
... void in nature and in the top of the tube as merely hypothetical . The first letter , in its lesson on epistemology ... void as hypothetical , for the propositions on the void are preceded by such prefixive statements as " mon sentiment ...
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... void of any substance , and therefore that the void exists in nature ) must proceed by a careful assessment of difference . To begin with , Pascal distin- guishes the entity designated from both matter and nothingness . But Pascal must ...
... void of any substance , and therefore that the void exists in nature ) must proceed by a careful assessment of difference . To begin with , Pascal distin- guishes the entity designated from both matter and nothingness . But Pascal must ...
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 |