Blaise Pascal, Trois discours sur la condition des grands

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)

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First circulation or publication 1670 - 1670

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France (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

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Non-Fiction
- Essay / Lecture (literary)

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The three

Discours sur la Condition des Grands

[

Discourses on the Condition of the Great

] have not reached us being written directly by Pascal. They were published after Pascal’s death (1662) by Pierre Nicole, one of Pascal’s friends, in his short treatise

De l’éducation d’un prince

(1670), which became

Traité de l’éducation d’un prince. Seconde édition revue et corrigée

(1671). The comparison between these discourses and a series of fragments from Pascal’s

Pensées

supports the hypothesis according to which Pierre Nicole transcribed Blaise Pascal’s views after being present at a series of meetings that had taken place between Pascal and the marquis Charles Honoré d’Albert, the future Duke of Chevreuse (born in 1646). After January 1655, the marquis’ father, the…

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Citation: Ciocoiu, Elena. "Trois discours sur la condition des grands". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 December 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35716, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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