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  1. The divine essence transcends the gendered contours of the images of God. Long eclipsed by the philosophical genius of her brother Blaise, Jacqueline Pascal has recently emerged as the artisan of an educational, political, and religious philosophy with its own distinctive concerns.

  2. Jaqueline Pascal *October 4, 1625 (Clermont-Ferrand, France) †October 4, 1661 (Port-Royal des Champs, France)

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  4. May 7, 2023 · For Jacqueline Pascal, autonomy exists in a life that gives way to a radical ideology living in praxis. This article begins with a short biography to contextualize Jacqueline Pascal's philosophy and the world in which she lived.

  5. Jacqueline Pascal. Jacqueline Pascal (4 October 1625 – 4 October 1661), sister of Blaise Pascal and Gilberte Périer was born at Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France . Like her brother she was a prodigy, composing verses when only eight years old, and a five-act comedy at eleven. In 1646, the influence of her brother converted her to Jansenism.

  6. Jan 16, 2020 · A rule for children and other writings. by. Pascal, Jacqueline, 1625-1661. Publication date. 2003. Topics. RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic, Jansenists, Jansenisme, Opvoeding. Publisher. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

  7. In her elegiac letter on the death of Soeur Anne-Marie de Sainte Eugénie (5), Pascal delicately evokes the virtues of the dying nun: humility, repentance, obedience, compassion, joy, hope, faith. Several major letters constitute an extended defense of the religious rights of women.

  8. Jacqueline Pascal (1625-1661) was the sister of Blaise Pascal and a nun at the Jansenist Port-Royal convent in France. She was also a prolific writer who argued for the spiritual rights of women and the right of conscientious objection to royal, ecclesiastic, and family authority.This book presents selections from the whole of Pascal’s career as a writer, including her witty adolescent ...

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