Pascal: The Man and His Two Loves Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Two Conceptions of One Life	1
Pt. 1	Attachments	13
1	The Ghostly Mother	15
2	The Widowed Father	27
3	The Precocious Son	38
Pt. 2	Separations and Losses	51
4	The Crisis of 1638-39	53
5	The Crisis of 1646-48	62
6	The Crisis of 1651-53	76
Pt. 3	The Heart of the Matter	91
7	Jacqueline de Sainte-Euphemie and the Second Conversion	93
8	The Memorial I: Remembering and "Forgetting"	104
9	The Memorial II: What Does It Mean?	125
Pt. 4	Exaltation	143
10	The Entretien de M. Pascal et de M. de Sacy: The Illustrious Penitent and His Forgotten Director	145
11	The Provinciales I	158
12	The Provinciales II	172
Pt. 5	Misery	189
13	The Pensees I: The Misery of Man	192
14	The Pensees II: The Misery of This Man	211
15	Other Depressive Traits in Pascal's Last Years	231
	Conclusion: The Good Uses of This Illness	252
	App. 1. Parental Loss and Attachment Theory	261
	App. 2. Affective Disorders and Diagnostic Criteria	266
	App. 3. Affective Disorders and Exceptional Creativity	272
	Notes	277
	Bibliography of Primary Sources	335
	General Index	341
	Index of Passages Cited	347