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The Provincial Letters

Blaise Pascal

Religion & MysticismEnglish
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In eighteen letters, written as if by a puzzled gentleman to a friend in the provinces, Blaise Pascal defends his friend Antoine Arnauld, who was being…

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Author
Blaise Pascal
Category
Religion & Mysticism
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

In eighteen letters, written as if by a puzzled gentleman to a friend in the provinces, Blaise Pascal defends his friend Antoine Arnauld, who was being condemned by the Sorbonne, and turns on the Jesuits, whose casuistry, he claims, found clever excuses for almost any sin, from lying to duelling and even murder. Quoting their own writings with deadpan irony, he makes them look ridiculous, before turning to passionate attack.

Context and significance

Pascal published the letters anonymously in 1656 and 1657; they were later burned by royal order, and Voltaire wrote that the best comedies of Molière had no more wit than the first of them. This translation is by Thomas M'Crie. Read Pascal's Pensées.

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