Studies on Pascal: Translated from the French, with an Appendix of Notes, Partly Taken from the Writings of Lord Bacon and Dr. Chalmers (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Studies on Pascal: Translated From the French, With an Appendix of Notes, Partly Taken From the Writings of Lord Bacon and Dr. Chalmers

I. A part of a course of popular lectures on the French Moralists, delivered at Basle in 1832 - 33. Portions of this course were published in the Semeur; and the portion on Pascal was prepared for publication by the author, but not published till after his death, in the volume from which it is now translated.

II. To VII. Are from a course of lectures on the Literature of the 17th Century, delivered to the Academy of Lausanne in 1844 and 1845. Some of these were published in the Semeur, and others in the Revue Suisse. N 0. II. Was first published in the volume from which it is now translated. It will be observed that these were written after the publi cation of M. Faugere's edition of the Thoughts, while No. I. Was written before it.

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