Nicholas Hammond

Reader in French Early Modern Theatre and Thought Nicholas Hammond

This is the first comprehensive work on Pascal to be devoted to his use of key terms depicting the central subject of the Pensées, the human condition. Giving and in-depth account of many important critical controversies of the day, as well as offering a novel and provocative insight into the persuasive purpose of the Pensées, Hammond explores such fundamental notions as language and order.

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