Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) hombre de su tiempo, concilió el estilo del pensamiento directo con el arte de una retorica persuasiva, que empleaba a un tiempo la paradoja, el asombro y la sorpresa. Esta caracterÃstica estarÃa presente por igual en los dos objetos de su estudio: las ciencias fÃsicas y la antropológica cristiana.
Three days ago the person of whom I speak disappeared suddenly from home; and, until this morning, I received no hint of his situation. You will fancy my alarm when I tell you that he is engaged upon a work of private justice. Bound by an unhappy oath, too lightly sworn, he finds it necessary, without the help of law, to rid the earth of an insidious and bloody villain.
