Like the three
Discours sur la Condition des Grands[
Discourses on the Condition of the Great], the
Entretien avec Monsieur de Sacy sur Épictète et Montaigne[
Conversation with M. de Sacy on Epictetus and Montaigne] was not written directly by Blaise Pascal. Nicolas Fontaine included the
Entretienin his
Mémoires ou histoire des Solitaires de Port-Royal[
Memoirs or history of the Solitaires of Port-Royal], written between 1696 and 1700. In 1728, Pierre Nicolas Desmolets published, for the first time, the
Entretienin the volume
Œuvres posthumes ou Suite des Penséesde M. Pascal, extraites du Manuscrit de M. l’abbé Périer, son neveu, without mentioning the origin of the text.
In his memoirs, Nicolas Fontaine, who was a Solitaire and Sacy’s secretary at Port-Royal-des-Champs,
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Citation: Ciocoiu, Elena. "Entretien avec Monsieur de Sacy". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 December 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35717, accessed 21 November 2024.]
