PASCAL : The Emergence of Genius ; 2nd Edition (Harper, TB 82)

Emile Cailliet; (C.S. Duthie, Introduction)

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, NY, 1961

About this Item

Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/light soiling & surface wear. PO name to fEP. An intellectual biography of French Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662), child prodigy educated by his father, mathematician, physicist, an early inventor of the mechanical calculator, philosopher, writer and Catholic theologian. French-American philosopher Emile Cailliet (1894 - 1981) traces Pascal's thought developement from from skeptic to believer, from scientist to Christian. Balanced analysis based on detailed coverage of Pascal's letters, notes, & conversations, with extended exposition of the debate between Pascal and the Jesuits on free will and predestination. Volume is an essay on ideas than a standard biography, although many interesting details in Pascal's life are included. 283 pgs in 18 chapters. Fine copy despite flaws.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PASCAL : The Emergence of Genius ; 2nd Edition (Harper, TB 82)
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1961
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition, 1961
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion, Theology, Spiritual
  • Science, Technology
  • Philosophy