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- Françoise Gilberte Périer (1 January 1620 in Clermont-Ferrand – 25 April 1687 in Paris) was a French biographer and the older sister of Blaise Pascal whose biography she wrote.
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Occupation. Biographer. Known for. Pensées de Pascal. Children. 6. Parent. Étienne Pascal (father) Françoise Gilberte Périer (1 January 1620 in Clermont-Ferrand – 25 April 1687 in Paris) was a French biographer and the older sister of Blaise Pascal whose biography she wrote.
French biographer. Name variations: Gilberte Pascal Périer. Born 1620 at Clermont-Ferrand, France; died April 25, 1687, in Paris; sister of Jacqueline Pascal and Blaise Pascal; m. Florin Périer, June 1641; children: at least 4, including Etienne (b. 1642) and Marguerite Périer (c. 1645–?, writer).
Oct 15, 2019 · John J. Conley, The Other Pascals: The Philosophy of Jacqueline Pascal, Gilberte Pascal Périer, and Marguerite Périer, University of Notre Dame Press, 2019, 263pp., $55.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780268105136. Reviewed by Daniel Collette, Marquette University. 2019.10.15.
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Jacqueline Pascal was born on October 5, 1625 in Clermont in the French province of Auvergne. A member of the noblesse de robe, the Pascal family had long distinguished itself by its judicial and political service. A lawyer by training, her father Étienne Pascal served as president of the Cour des Aides, a provincial tax court. Her mother Antoinett...
By the time of her death, Jacqueline Pascal had written works in a wide range of genres: poetry, letters, autobiography, biography, spiritual treatise, educational treatise, and judicial memoir. Her poetry was largely written in the years before her entry into Port-Royal: 1638-1643. It employs a variety of genres: sonnet, epigram, rondeau, idyll, l...
As philosophical commentaries have long indicated, the most substantial philosophical contribution made by Jacqueline Pascal lies in her theory of education. The acquisition of moral and theological virtue by the pupil, through a monastic pedagogical structure and spiritual direction by the teacher, is the primary purpose of Pascalian education. Pa...
With the publication of separate editions of the works of Jacqueline Pascal by Victor Cousin and Armand Prosper Faugère in 1845, Jacqueline Pascal was acclaimed for her pioneering treatise on the education of women. In the late nineteenth century, Cadet, Carré, and Ricard analyzed her contribution to the philosophy of education. Their commentaries,...
a. Primary Sources
1. Pascal, Jacqueline, et al. Lettres, Opuscules et Mémoires de Madame Périer et de Jacqueline, Soeurs de Pascal, et de Marguerite Périer, sa Nièce, Publiés sur les Manuscrits Originaux par M.P. Faugère, ed. Armand Prosper Faugère. Paris: Auguste Vaton, 1845. 1.1. A digital version of this critical edition of the works of Jacqueline Pascal is available online at Gallica: Bibliothèque numériqueon the webpage of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. 2. Pascal, Jacqueline. Oeuvres Complètes avec...
b. Secondary Sources
1. Cadet, Félix. L’éducation à Port-Royal: Saint-Cyran, Arnauld, Lancelot, Nicole, De Saci, Guyot, Coustel, Fontaine, Jacqueline Pascal. Paris: Hachette, 1887. 1.1. An appreciation of Jacqueline Pascal’s educational theories from a secular perspective. 2. Carré, Irénée. Les Pédagogues de Port-Royal: Saint-Cyran, De Saci, Lancelot, Guyot, Coustel, Le Maître, Nicole, Arnauld, etc., Jacqueline Pascal. Paris: C. Delgrave, 1887. 2.1. An analysis of Jacqueline Pascal’s educational theories within t...
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John J. Conley Email: jconley1@loyola.edu Loyola College in Maryland U. S. A.
Aug 21, 2007 · His older sister Gilberte had married Florin Périer in June 1641 and had moved to Clermont-Ferrand. However, his younger sister, Jacqueline, who had continued to act as his personal assistant, expressed a desire, in May 1648, to become a nun.
The Other Pascals The Philosophy of Jacqueline Pascal, Gilberte Pascal Périer, and Marguerite Périer. by John J. Conley S.J.
The Other Pascals: The Philosophy of Jacqueline Pascal, Gilberte Pascal Périer, and Marguerite Périer. John J. Conley. John J. Conley. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2019. xiii + 263 pp. ISBN 978-0-268-10513-6.
