Great Shorter Works of Pascal

by Blaise Pascal, Emile Cailliet (Introduction), John C. Blankenagel (Translator)

Overview

The purpose in offering the Great Shorter Works is "to make essential classical Pascalian literature, other than the Provincial Letters and the Pensees, available to discriminating readers who might find the original texts difficult and discouraging." Preceded by a valuable introduction, forty-five letters are presented, beginning with a letter written when Pascal was a precocious twenty and ending with his will at thirty-eight. These remarkable letters, covering a nineteen-year period of intense activity, reflect the variety of Pascal's interests. For this reason, among others, they are of value, not only to those who are interested in Christianity, but also to those who are interested in physics, or mathematics, or philosophy. Blaise Pascal bequeathed to the world many tangible legacies, including the calculating machine, the barometer, the hydraulic press, and the omnibus. In his letters he has bequeathed that quality of mind and spirit which surpasses the tangible and illumines life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725239814
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	04/26/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
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About the Author

Emile Cailliet was born and educated in France and became an American citizen in 1937. He was on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Scripps College, and Wesleyan University. He had been elected to the chair of Stuart Professor of Christian Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary. He held the degrees of Litt.D. cum laude from the University of Montpellier and Th.D. summa cum laude from the University of Strasbourg.

Table of Contents

Chronological Reference Table 9

Introduction 15

1 Letter from Pascal to Mlle [Mrs.] Perier (January 31, 1643) 39

2 Letter to the Chancellor, Dedicating the Calculating Machine (1645) 40

3 Reply by Pascal to Father Noël [October-November,1647] 42

4 Fragment of a Preface to the Treatise on the Vacuum [October-November, 1647?] 50

5 Letter from Pascal to Monsieur Perier (November 15, 1647) 56

6 Fragment of A Letter from Pascal to Madame Perier (January 26, 1648) 59

7 Letter from Pascal to Monsieur Le Pailleur [February-March, 1648] 61

8 Fragment of A Letter from Pascal to Madame Perier (April 1, 1648) 76

9 Letter from Pascal to Madame Perier (November 5, 1648) 79

10 Letter from Pascal to Monsieur and Madame Perier (October 17, 1651) On, The Death of His Father 82

11 Letter from Pascal to Queen Christine of Sweden [About June, 1652] 92

12 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur Perier (June 6, 1653) 95

13 Potestatum Numericarum Summa (Summation of Powers of Numbers) [1654?] 95

14 Letter from Pascal to Monsieur De Fermat (July 29, 1654) 103

15 Letter from Pascal to Monsieur De Fermat (August 24, 1654) 110

16 Letter from Pascal to Fermat (October 27, 1654) 116

17 Letter from Pascal to Madame Perier [October-November, 1654?] 116

18 Pascal's Memorial (Night of November 23, 1654) 117

19 Writing on the Conversion of the Sinner [November-December, 1654?] 118

20 Pascal's Conversation with Monsieur De Saci on Epictetus and Montaigne (Excerpt from Fontaine's Memoires) [January, 1655?] 121

21 The Mystery of Jesus [1655?] 133

22 [A Short Exposition of the Problem of Grace] [1656?] 136

23 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [September, 1656] 142

24 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [September 24, 1656] 144

25 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [October, 1656] (?) 145

26 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [October 27(?), 1656] 146

27 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [Sunday, November 5, 1656] 147

28 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [November, 1656] (?) 149

29 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rotannez [November or December, 1656] (?) 151

30 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [December, 1656(F)] 152

31 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to Monsieur and Mlle De Rouannez [December 24(?), 1656] 154

32 Excerpt from A Letter by Pascal to A Friend in Clermont [April-May, 1657] (?) 155

33 [Comparison of the Christians of the Earliest Times with Those of today] [1657(?)] 156

34 Letter from A Lawyer In Parliament to One of His Friends Concerning The Inquisition Which They Want to Establish In France As A Result of A New Bull of Pope Alexander Vii (June 1, 1657) 160

35 [An Important Document Excerpt from the Decree of the Index, Condemning the Provincial Letters (September 6, 1657)] 172

36 Factum for The Priests of Paris (January 25, 1658) 173

37 [Suggested Pronouncement against the Apology for the Casuists] (1658) 183

38 The Mind of the Geometrician [1658 or 1659] (?) 189

39 The Art of Persuasion [1658 or 1659] (?) 202

40 Three Discourses by Pascal on the Station of Noblemen [Redaction by Nicole] [End of 1659] (?) 211

41 Letter from Pascal to Fermat (August 10, 1660) 216

42 Letter from Pascal to Madame De Sablé [End of 1660] (?) 217

43 Writing by Pascal on the Signature of The Formulary [End of November or December, 1661] (?) 218

44 Prayer by Pascal Asking God to Use Illnesses to A Good End [Between 1659 and 1661] (?) 220

45 Pascal's Will (August 3, 1662) 228