Blaise Pascal, De l'esprit géométrique-de l'art de persuader

Elena Ciocoiu (Université de Paris IV Sorbonne)

Ed. by Allison Stedman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Kathrina LaPorta, New York University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.03: French Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century: Classical and Baroque, 1600-1700.
Vol. editors: Heather Kirk (University of Western Ontario), Kathrina LaPorta (New York University), Polly Mangerson (DePaul University), Julia Prest (University of St Andrews), Allison Stedman (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Geometry
Philosophy of Science

Dates

First circulation or publication 1728

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Treatise

Resources

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 Persuader in the volume Œuvres posthumes ou Suite des Pensées de 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 Complètes and 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), also known as La Logique de Port-Royal [Port-Royal Logic], does not...

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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 09 June 2026.]

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