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Lettres provinciales
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Lettres provinciales
The
Lettres provinciales
(
Provincial letters
) are a series of eighteen letters written by French
philosopher
and
theologian
Blaise Pascal
under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte. Written in the midst of the
formulary controversy
between the
Jansenists
and the
Jesuits
, they are a defense of the Jansenist
Antoine Arnauld
from
Port-Royal-des-Champs
, a friend of Pascal who in 1656 was condemned by the Faculté de Théologie at the
Sorbonne
in
Paris
for views that were claimed to be
heretical
. The
First letter]
is dated January 23, 1656 and the
Eighteenth]
March 24, 1657. A fragmentary
Nineteenth letter]
is frequently included with the other eighteen.
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