Pascal and the arts of the mind

This 1993 book studies the ways in which Pascal posed and solved intellectual problems in three very different areas of his work: mathematics and mathematical physics, religious experience and theology, communication and controversy. Hugh Davidson shows how three of the classical 'liberal arts&...

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Otros títulos:Pascal & the Arts of the Mind
Autor principal: Davidson, Hugh McCullough 1918- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1993.
En:Año: 1993
Colección / Revista:Cambridge studies in French 46
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662
Otras palabras clave:B Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) Knowledge and learning
B Humanities (France) History 17th century
B Pascal, Blaise
B Humanities ; France ; History ; 17th century
B Pascal, Blaise ; 1623-1662 ; Knowledge and learning
B Humanities France History, 17th century
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:No electrónico
Erscheint auch als: 9780521331937
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Sumario:This 1993 book studies the ways in which Pascal posed and solved intellectual problems in three very different areas of his work: mathematics and mathematical physics, religious experience and theology, communication and controversy. Hugh Davidson shows how three of the classical 'liberal arts', rhetoric, dialectic and geometry, pervade Pascal's method as liberating and guiding influences in his search for truth. They appear throughout his production and are used and adapted with great skill both in his attacks on tradition in mathematics and physics and in his defences of tradition in the sphere of religion and morality. Professor Davidson throws light on both the diversity and the unity of Pascal's thought, and places it in the context of other seventeenth-century innovations in the use of traditional disciplines.
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Descripción Física:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 265 pages), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:978-0-511-62762-0
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511627620