In this singular book on this singular genius, distinguished scholar Mary Ann Caws explores the rich contributions of this extraordinary thinker, interweaving his writings and discoveries with an account of his life and career and the wider ...

... Descartes given Pascal the solution to the barometric problem , as he later ... Pascal's textual relationship with Descartes . This confrontation , as I hope to ... et mouvement . Car cela est vrai , mais de dire quelle et composer la ...

... Pascal , precisely because he criticizes Cartesian metaphysics , admits it as the unsurpassable horizon of his thought . These two hypoth- eses agree in restricting the scope of Pascal's charge against Descartes ... Descartes et Pascal ...

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy covers the history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography.

A collection of essays about French thinkers Michel de Montaigne, René Descartes and Blaise Pascal.