Article ID: CBB001320655

Twice Written, Never Read: Pascal's Mémorial between Superstition and Superbia (2013)

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Why exactly did Blaise Pascal carry with him the testimony of a life-transforming religious experience written in two slightly different versions and hidden in the lining of his coat? By tracing the unease with which this question has been met---or most often, dodged---by 350 years' worth of readers, this essay argues that Pascal's so-called Mémorial still today presents us with the necessity to rethink the commemorative and transformative function of texts in general.

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Authors & Contributors
Descotes, Dominique
Le Noxaïc, Armand
Bland, Laura E.
Mary Ann Caws
Guillemet, Julien Won Woo
Vanderheyden, Vrajabhūmi
Concepts
Science and religion
Philosophy
Mathematics
Theology
Controversies and disputes
Physics
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Places
France
England
Netherlands
Spain
Holy Roman Empire
Paris (France)
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