De l’esprit géométrique
is an unfinished treatise that was not published during Blaise Pascal’s life (1623-1662), but during the eighteenth century. In 1728, Pierre-Nicolas Desmolets included a text entitled
De l’Art de Persuaderin the volume
Œuvres posthumes ou Suite des Penséesde M. Pascal, extraites du Manuscrit de M. l’abbé Périer, son neveu. The present version of
De l’esprit géométrique, which is provided by Jean Mesnard in his edition of Pascal’s
Œuvres Complètesand by Philippe Sellier in his edition
Pensées, opuscules et lettres, is
a copy of the copy (nowadays lost) left by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew. The title of the treatise,
De l’esprit géométrique, which is mentioned in
La Logique ou L’Art de Penser[
Logic or the Art of Thinking] (1662),…
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Citation: Ciocoiu, Elena. "De l'esprit géométrique-de l'art de persuader". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 December 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=25055, accessed 23 November 2024.]
