Rhetorical Theory of Blaise PascalUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968 |
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... senses , or quickens them ; she has her fools and sages ; and nothing vexes us more than to see that she fills her devotees with a satisfaction far more full and entire than does reason . Those who have a lively imagination are a " Qui ...
... senses , or quickens them ; she has her fools and sages ; and nothing vexes us more than to see that she fills her devotees with a satisfaction far more full and entire than does reason . Those who have a lively imagination are a " Qui ...
Page 66
... composite being all the single things which we contemplate . " 100 . 11 · Brunschvicg , p . 99 , n . 82 ; Trotter , p . 188 : " . . . the war existing between the senses and reason . " reçoivent d'elle à leur tour . Elle s'en revanche . 66.
... composite being all the single things which we contemplate . " 100 . 11 · Brunschvicg , p . 99 , n . 82 ; Trotter , p . 188 : " . . . the war existing between the senses and reason . " reçoivent d'elle à leur tour . Elle s'en revanche . 66.
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... senses are always true . " 48 . Brunschvicg , p . 76 , n . 10 ; Trotter , p . 173 : " People are gen- erally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others ...
... senses are always true . " 48 . Brunschvicg , p . 76 , n . 10 ; Trotter , p . 173 : " People are gen- erally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others ...
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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