INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. PASCAL’S FAMILY AND YOUTH.
CHAPTER II. PASCAL’S SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.
CHAPTER III. PASCAL IN THE WORLD.
CHAPTER IV. PORT ROYAL AND PASCAL’S LATER YEARS.
CHAPTER V. THE ‘PROVINCIAL LETTERS.’
JESUIT LAXITY AND CHRISTIAN INDIGNATION.
DEFENCE OF RIDICULE AS A WEAPON IN CONTROVERSY.
APPEAL AGAINST THE JESUITS.
CHAPTER VI. THE ‘PENSÉES.’
NOTES.