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The provincial letters of Blaise Pascal A new translation, with historical intro

Blaise Pascal

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English
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Complete work
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THE PROVINCIAL LETTERS OF BLAISE PASCAL. A NEW TRANSLATION WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY THE REV. THOMAS M‘CRIE. EDINBURGH. If my letters are condemned at Rome, that which I condemn in them is condemned in heaven.—PASCAL. NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS No. 530 BROADWAY. ------------------ 1856. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE, vii HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, ix LETTER I. Disputes in the Sorbonne, and the invention of proximate power—a term employed by the Jesuits to procure the censure of M. Arnauld, 63 LETTER II. Of sufficient grace, which turns out to be not sufficient—Concert between the Jesuits and the Dominicans—A parable, 76 LETTER II. Of sufficient grace, which turns out to be not sufficient—Concert between the Jesuits and the Dominicans—A parable, 76 Reply of “the Provincial” to the first two Letters, 88 LETTER III. Injustice, absurdity, and nullity of the censure on M. Arnauld—A personal heresy, 90 LETTER IV. Actual grace and sins of ignorance—Fath

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