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Pascalian, n. and a.|pæˈskɑːlɪən|
[f. prec. + -ian.]
A. n. An admirer or adherent of Pascal (see prec. (etym.)); an interpreter of his works.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Pascal or to his ideas and philosophy.
1929A. Huxley Do What you Will 235, I now propose to write of Pascal. As a positivist first of all... More sympathetically next, in the guise of a Pascalian. 1930tr. Chevalier's Pascal i. 26 Charron's work contained, as it were, the germ of Pascalian apologetics; at any rate we find in it a great deal of material that Pascal was to utilize after changing its order. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means xv. 304 There is, however, an element of truth in the Pascalian doctrine. 1937Sunday Times 25 Apr. 8/3 The truth is Pascalian Christianity is only fit for heroes and saints; it is not a possible life for ordinary men. 1948Scottish Jrnl. Theol. I. 98 A full length study of Pascal by an established Pascalian scholar. 1971G. Steiner In Bluebeard's Castle iii. 64 We are forced now to return to an earlier, Pascalian pessimism, to a model of history whose logic derives from a postulate of original sin. 1973Listener 6 Sept. 298/1 The man who finds himself suddenly independent in this way will then fall prey to Pascalian despair, existential anguish, dereliction. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Apr. 26/4 Sennett is thus an atheist about social science, but a Pascalian about society. |