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The provincial letters

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Pascal's two masterpieces are the "Provinciales" and the "Pensées". The occasion of the "Provinciales" was an accident. The Duc of Liancourt, a friend of Port Royal, having been refused absolution by the curé of Saint Sulpice, Antoine* Arnauld wrote two letters which were censured by the Sorbonne. He wished to appeal to the public in a pamphlet which he submitted to his friends, but they found it too heavy and theological. He then said to Pascal: "You, who are young, must do something.

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Call Number

243 PAS p

Publisher

Eugene : Wipf & Stock Publ.., 1997

Collation

209p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-57910-096-1

Classification

243

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Subject(s)

EVANGELISTIC WRITINGS

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