Rhetorical Theory of Blaise PascalUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968 |
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Page 9
... 594 ; Scofield , p . 441 : " The art of persuasion con- sists as much in knowing how to please as in knowing how to convince , so much more do men follow caprice than reason . " them to believe . " What Pascal means by this 9.
... 594 ; Scofield , p . 441 : " The art of persuasion con- sists as much in knowing how to please as in knowing how to convince , so much more do men follow caprice than reason . " them to believe . " What Pascal means by this 9.
Page 34
... follow it , and thus it can only be lust or malice of heart . And by this means there is sufficient evidence to condemn , and insufficient to convince ; so that it appears in those who follow it that it is grace , and not reason , which ...
... follow it , and thus it can only be lust or malice of heart . And by this means there is sufficient evidence to condemn , and insufficient to convince ; so that it appears in those who follow it that it is grace , and not reason , which ...
Page 71
... follow the rigidly prescriptive rules discussed in L'Esprit géométrique . Encoding in the art of pleasing , the concern of the pensées to be discussed in this section , is governed by more general principles . Non - Scriptural meaning ...
... follow the rigidly prescriptive rules discussed in L'Esprit géométrique . Encoding in the art of pleasing , the concern of the pensées to be discussed in this section , is governed by more general principles . Non - Scriptural meaning ...
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according to Pascal Antoine Arnauld art of convincing art of demonstrating art of persuasion art of pleasing authority automaton autre avoir avoués axioms bien Blaise Pascal Brunschvicg c'est caprices Chevalier choses coeur contraire coutume créance croire custom d'eux definitions Descartes deux Dieu dire divine effect elle eloquence enemies être faire fait faith fausses faut fiftieth pensée Geometrical Demonstration heart honnête homme imagination incline Jacques Chevalier jamais Jansenist l'autre L'Esprit géométrique l'homme l'un mind n'est n'y a point natural discourse natural style naturelle Pascal believed Pascal writes Pascal's art Pascal's rhetorical Pascal's thoughts pensee periphrasis personnes persuades by sweetness peut plaisirs plein preuves principles proofs Provincial Letters qu'elle qu'il qu'on qu'un qualité que les raison reason règle religion rien rules s'il Scofield Scripture sens seule sont soul sources of belief things Topliss tout trans Trotter vérité voir voit volonté vrai Western World Chicago words