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4529979Neverthelesshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/nevertheless-9781839760150/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4135812/image.jpg?v=638443306946470000278386MXNVersoInStock/Ebooks/<p><em>Nevertheless</em> comprises essays on Machiavelli and on Pascal. The ambivalent connection between the two parts is embodied by the comma (,) in the subtitle: Machiavelli, Pascal. Is this comma a conjunction or a disjunction?</p><p>In fact, both. Ginzburg approaches Machiavellis work from the perspective of casuistry, or case-based ethical reasoning. For as Machiavelli indicated through his repeated use of the adverb <em>nondimanco</em> ("nevertheless"), there is an exception to every rule. Such a perspective may seem to echo the traditional image of Machiavelli as a cynical, "machiavellian" thinker. But a close analysis of Machiavelli the reader, as well as of the ways in which some of Machiavellis most perceptive readers read his work, throws a different light on Machiavelli the writer. The same hermeneutic strategy inspires the essays on the <em>Provinciales</em>, Pascals ferocious attack against Jesuitical casuistry.</p><p>Casuistry vs anti-casuistry; Machiavellis secular attitude towards religion vs Pascals deep religiosity. We are confronted, apparently, with two completely different worlds. But Pascal read Machiavelli, and reflected deeply upon his work. A belated, contemporary echo of this reading can unveil the complex relationship between Machiavelli and Pascal - their divergences as well as their unexpected convergences.</p>...4501547Nevertheless278386https://www.gandhi.com.mx/nevertheless-9781839760150/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4135812/image.jpg?v=638443306946470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781839760150_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9781839760150_<p><em>Nevertheless</em> comprises essays on Machiavelli and on Pascal. 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We are confronted, apparently, with two completely different worlds. But Pascal read Machiavelli, and reflected deeply upon his work. A belated, contemporary echo of this reading can unveil the complex relationship between Machiavelli and Pascal their divergences as well as their unexpected convergences.</p>(*_*)9781839760150_<p><em>Nevertheless</em> comprises essays on Machiavelli and on Pascal. The ambivalent connection between the two parts is embodied by the comma (,) in the subtitle: Machiavelli, Pascal. Is this comma a conjunction or a disjunction?</p><p>In fact, both. Ginzburg approaches Machiavellis work from the perspective of casuistry, or case-based ethical reasoning. For as Machiavelli indicated through his repeated use of the adverb <em>nondimanco</em> ("nevertheless"), there is an exception to every rule. Such a perspective may seem to echo the traditional image of Machiavelli as a cynical, "machiavellian" thinker. But a close analysis of Machiavelli the reader, as well as of the ways in which some of Machiavellis most perceptive readers read his work, throws a different light on Machiavelli the writer. The same hermeneutic strategy inspires the essays on the <em>Provinciales</em>, Pascals ferocious attack against Jesuitical casuistry.</p><p>Casuistry vs anti-casuistry; Machiavellis secular attitude towards religion vs Pascals deep religiosity. We are confronted, apparently, with two completely different worlds. But Pascal read Machiavelli, and reflected deeply upon his work. A belated, contemporary echo of this reading can unveil the complex relationship between Machiavelli and Pascal - their divergences as well as their unexpected convergences.</p>...9781839760150_Versolibro_electonico_9781839760150_9781839760150Carlo GinzburgInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-72195c88-82ab-4acc-9f11-e180b820a0bd.epub2022-01-25T00:00:00+00:00Verso