Overview
Roger Ariew masterfully renders the oddities of seventeenth-century French vocabulary and syntax in this eloquent and philosophically astute translation -- the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal's manuscript, widely accepted as the version closest to what Pascal intended.
This eloquent and philosophically astute translation is the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal''s manuscript, widely accepted as the manuscript that is closest to the version Pascal left behind on his death in 1662. A brief history of the text, a select bibliography of primary and secondary sources, a chronology of Pascal’s life and works, concordances between the Sellier and Lafuma editions of the original, and an index are provided.
- | Author: Blaise Pascal, Roger Ariew
- | Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2005
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780872207172
- | ISBN-10: 087220717X
