Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note on the Translation ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1 “That Terrifying Genius” 1
6. 2 “Heel of a Shoe” 5
7. 3 Amor Sui 9
8. 4 “Mistress of Error and Falsehood” 13
9. 5 “The Life of Monsieur Pascal” 17
10. 6 “The Queen of the World” 21
11. 7 “On the Art of Persuasion” 25
12. 8 Tyranny 29
13. 9 Casuistry 33
14. 10 The Father 37
15. 11 “I Find It Fitting That Copernicus’s Opinion Not Be Closely Analyzed” 41
16. 12 Pascal and the Marxists 45
17. 13 “The Eternal Silence of Those Infinite Spaces Terrifies Me” 49
18. 14 Gradation 53
19. 15 Violence and Truth 57
20. 16 “Greatness of Establishment, Respect of Establishment” 61
21. 17 “Thought Escaped” 65
22. 18 “He Is Neither Angel nor Beast, but Man” 69
23. 19 The Libertines 73
24. 20 “Joy, Joy, Joy, Tears of Joy” 77
25. 21 Pascal’s Method 81
26. 22 The “Sublime Misanthropist” 85
27. 23 “A King without Diversions” 89
28. 24 The Three Orders 93
29. 25 “The Heart Has Its Reasons” 97
30. 26 “It Is Not in Montaigne” 101
31. 27 The Three Concupiscences 105
32. 28 The Mystery of Predestination 109
33. 29 The Mystery of the Holy Thorn 113
34. 30 The Middle Ground 117
35. 31 Double Thoughts 121
36. 32 “What Is the Self?” 125
37. 33 Village Queens and False Windows 129
38. 34 “Working for What Is Uncertain” 133
39. 35 “Infinite Nothingness” 137
40. 36 Private Vice, Public Good 141
41. 37 “You Would Not Be Seeking Me if You Had Not Found Me” 145
42. 38 “The Hidden God” 149
43. 39 Geometrical Mind, Intuitive Mind 153
44. 40 “L’honnête Homme” 157
45. 41 M. de Mons, Louis de Montalte, Amos Dettonville, Salomon de Tultie 161
46. Works Cited 165