Pascal, by Principal TullochTABLE OF CONTENTS...INTRODUCTIONI. PASCALS FAMILY AND YOUTHII. PASCALS SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIESIII. PASCAL IN THE WORLDIV. PORT ROYAL AND PASCALS LATER YEARSV. THE PROVINCIAL LETTERSVI. THE PENSESINTRODUCTIONThere are few names which have become more classical in modern literature than that of Blaise Pascal. There is hardly any name more famous at once in literature, science, and religion. Cut off at the early age of thirty-nine the fatal age of genius he had long before attained pre-eminent distinction as a geometer and discoverer in physical science; while the rumour of his genius as the author of the Provincial Letters, and as one of the chiefs of a notable school of religious thought, had spread far and wide. His writings continue to be studied for the perfection of their style and the vitality of their substance. As a writer, he belongs to no school, and is admired simply for his greatness by Encyclopedist and Romanticist, by Catholic and Protestant alike, by men like Voltaire and Condorcet and Sainte-Beuve, no less than by men like Bossuet, Vinet, and Neander. His Penses have been carefully restored, and re-edited with minute and loving faithfulness in our time by editors of such opposite tastes and tendencies as M. Prosper Faugre, M. Havet, and M. Victor Rochet. p. 2Cousin considered it one of the glories of his long intellectual career that he had first led the way to the remarkable restoration of Pascals remains. Of all the illustrious names which group themselves around Port Royal, it is Pascal alone, and Racine who was more its pupil, but less its representative whose genius can be said to survive, and to invest it with an undying lustre.For an author bio, photo and a sample read, visit www.htmpublishing.netFor additional information on publishing your books on iPhone please visit www.AppsPublisher.com
