Minor Works

Blaise Pascal — translated by O. W. Wight, as printed in The Harvard Classics vol. 48 (1910).

The religious pieces among Pascal’s shorter writings: the Prayer to Ask of God the Proper Use of Sickness; On the Conversion of the Sinner, which some attribute to his sister; the comparison of the Christians of the early church with those of his own day; three discourses to a young nobleman on the condition of the great; the conversation with M. de Saci on Epictetus and Montaigne, as Saci’s secretary Fontaine recorded it; and the epitaph for his father. The rows of dots are the edition’s, and mark gaps in the manuscripts.

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Contents (6)

1. Prayer to Ask of God the Proper Use of Sickness
2. On the Conversion of the Sinner
3. Comparison Between Christians of Early Times and Those of To-day
4. Discourses on the Condition of the Great
5. Conversation with M. de Saci on Epictetus and Montaigne
6. Epitaph of Étienne Pascal