Fire in the Dark: Essays on Pascal's <i>Pensées and Provinciales</i>

Charles M. Natoli

doi:10.1017/9781580466424

The eight essays in Fire in the Dark frame and probe Pascal's underlying contention that the darkling, 'hidden' God of Christian revelation, though Himself a profound mystery, especially in the matter of his justice towards fallen mankind, can nonetheless be used to demystify questions that matter most to us.

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Frontmatter
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To the Reader
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Texts and Citations
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Acknowledgments
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Places of First Publication
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Chronology
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Part One - Opening
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1 - Fire in the Dark
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Part Two - Strait is the Gate/Faith of Our Fathers: The Provinciales
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2 - The Provinciales: Ruse Against Ruse, Force Against Force?
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3 - Preferring to Live in a Tree-Trunk: The Provinciales as Heauton Timoroumenos
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4 - Revelation/Revolution: A Reflection on Newness in the Provinciales
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Part Three - God in Chiaroscuro: The Pensées
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5 - Proof in the Pensées: Reason as Rhetoric, Rhetoric as Reason
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6 - The Fundamental Role of Justice in Pascal’s Apologetics: The Hidden God
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7 - Mystic/Anti-Mystic: On Speech and Silence in Pascal’s Mémorial
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Part Four - Afterword
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8 - “Watchman, What of the Night?”
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Name Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

To the Reader
pp ix-xii

Texts and Citations
pp xiii-xiv

Acknowledgments
pp xv-xvi

Places of First Publication
pp xvii-xviii

Chronology
pp xix-xxii

Part One - Opening
pp 1-2

1 - Fire in the Dark
pp 3-24

Part Two - Strait is the Gate/Faith of Our Fathers: The Provinciales
pp 25-26

2 - The Provinciales: Ruse Against Ruse, Force Against Force?
pp 27-40

3 - Preferring to Live in a Tree-Trunk: The Provinciales as Heauton Timoroumenos
pp 41-53

4 - Revelation/Revolution: A Reflection on Newness in the Provinciales
pp 54-66

Part Three - God in Chiaroscuro: The Pensées
pp 67-68

5 - Proof in the Pensées: Reason as Rhetoric, Rhetoric as Reason
pp 69-95

6 - The Fundamental Role of Justice in Pascal’s Apologetics: The Hidden God
pp 96-108

7 - Mystic/Anti-Mystic: On Speech and Silence in Pascal’s Mémorial
pp 109-122

Part Four - Afterword
pp 123-124

8 - “Watchman, What of the Night?”
pp 125-134

Select Bibliography
pp 135-139

Name Index
pp 140-144

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