Pascal: The Man and His Two Loves Contributor(s): Cole, John R. (Editor), Chapman, Herrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814715109 ISBN-13: 9780814715109 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1995 Annotation: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) has long been revered for the scientific genius of his youth, the religious conversions of his midlife, and the great books and greater saintliness of his last years. Traditional biographies have monumentalized Pascal the hero, but in the process reduced Pascal the man to merely an intellect and a spirit. Furthermore, these biographies emphasize Pascal's midlife conversion in a way that divides Pascal's life into seemingly unrelated halves. In Pascal: The Man and His Two Loves, John R. Cole reintegrates these halves to create a clear and complete portrait of this complex man. |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - History |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 95004381 |
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.36" W x 9.25" (1.42 lbs) 362 pages |
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Publisher Description: Ever since the edifying life written by his sister in the months after his death, canonical representations of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) have revered him for the scientific genius of his youth, the religious conversions of his mid-life, and the great books and greater saintliness of his last years. All this monumentalizes the hero, but it also reduces the man to a mind and spirit and it divides his life and work into unrelated halves. The preeminent specialist, Jean Mesnard, still picks up the subject where Gilberte Pascal left it in 1662. No historian in our language has even attempted to put the halves together again. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cole, John R.: - John R. Cole is Reynolds Professor of History at Bates College. Chapman, Herrick: -Herrick Chapman is Associate Professor of History and of French Civilization at New York University. |