Du désir au désir de Dieu dans les Pensées de Pascal

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In the Pensées, Pascal does not rely on the argument from authority – which he regards as purely external and of little relevance to reasoning – nor does he appeal merely to the voice of reason, which is purely immanent; instead, he appeals to that within us which does not originate in us: the desire for God. In doing so, he masterfully combines externality and interiority, persuasion and freedom. Furthermore, by averting the danger of the sophistic subversion inherent in any art of persuasion, the apologist pioneers a new rhetoric: that of the order of the heart. This rhetoric respects the freedom of God, who allows Himself to be found, and the freedom of man, who allows himself to be persuaded – because the light comes, in large measure, from within himself. As Pascal puts it, all that was missing was the knowledge that the light was there.

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@article{michon2026désir,
  title = {{Du désir au désir de Dieu dans les Pensées de Pascal}},
  author = {Hélène Michon},
  journal = {Courrier Blaise Pascal},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.4000/16u9q},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.4000/16u9q},
  note = {CC BY},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Du désir au désir de Dieu dans les Pensées de Pascal
AU  - Hélène Michon
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/01
JO  - Courrier Blaise Pascal
DO  - 10.4000/16u9q
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4000/16u9q
AB  - In the Pensées, Pascal does not rely on the argument from authority – which he regards as purely external and of little relevance to reasoning – nor does he appeal merely to the voice of reason, which is purely immanent; instead, he appeals to that within us which does not originate in us: the desire for God. In doing so, he masterfully combines externality and interiority, persuasion and freedom. Furthermore, by averting the danger of the sophistic subversion inherent in any art of persuasion, the apologist pioneers a new rhetoric: that of the order of the heart. This rhetoric respects the freedom of God, who allows Himself to be found, and the freedom of man, who allows himself to be persuaded – because the light comes, in large measure, from within himself. As Pascal puts it, all that was missing was the knowledge that the light was there.
SN  - 2741-0781
SN  - 2825-0176
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