L'Esprit du Corps: La Doctrine Pascalienne de L'Amour by Alberto Frigo (review)

The general focus of the book is to uncover Pascal's moral philosophy by means of the Morale chrétienne fragments of Pensées, 351-76 in the edition of Louis Lafuma, translated by A. J. Krailsheimer (numbers 383-408 in the edition of Philippe Sellier, translated by Roger Ariew).Frigo's thes...

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Published in:Journal of the history of philosophy 2017-10, Vol.55 (4), p.730-731
Main Author: Collette, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Charity
Christianity
Ethics
Fragments
Hate
Literary translation
Love
Morale
Morality
Novels
Ontology
Philosophy
Theologians
Theology
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Summary:The general focus of the book is to uncover Pascal's moral philosophy by means of the Morale chrétienne fragments of Pensées, 351-76 in the edition of Louis Lafuma, translated by A. J. Krailsheimer (numbers 383-408 in the edition of Philippe Sellier, translated by Roger Ariew).Frigo's thesis, more specifically, is that the order of charity follows from the definitions of 'love' and 'hatred' offered by Descartes in the Passions de l'âme (articles 79-80); and when Pascal scholarship begins by understanding charité, itself embedded in a theological context, Pascal's ethics can be unlocked.The analysis of this concept in terms of Bérulle and Saint Cyran is novel and makes a compelling case that this is the appropriate reading of Pascal's fragments on thinking members.
ISSN:0022-5053
1538-4586
1538-4586
DOI:10.1353/hph.2017.0073