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Provincial Letters

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1656

Blaise Pascal1656

Paris · Humanities / Philosophy

Pascal begins publishing the Provincial Letters during the Jansenist controversy.

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Blaise Pascal

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