The rhetoric of Pascal: a study of his art of persuasion in the 'Provinciales' and the 'Pensées'
342 pages 23 cm
9780718510626, 0718510623
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Introduction
Part One. The "Provincials"
Pascal Pamphleteer
The epistolary art of a polemist
The art of dialogue
The later Provinciales: logic, emotion and Rhetoric
Part Two. The "Pensées"
Precursors and antecedents
The plan of the Apology
Themes and arguments
The style of the Pensées
Conclusion