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[1] Thedifferencebetweenthemathematicalandtheintuitivemind.—Pascalisheredistinguishingthelogicalordiscursivetypeofmind, agoodexampleofwhichisfoundinmathematicalreasoning, andwhatweshouldcalltheintuitivetypeofmind, ; forheisinfactguidedbyimpressionsofpastexperience, anddoesnotconsciouslyreasonfromgeneralprinciples.
[2] Therearedifferentkinds, etc.—Thisisprobablyasubdivisionofthediscursivetypeofmind.
[3] Byrule.—.hassansrègle.
[4] Ijudgebymywatch.—Pascalissaidtohavealwayscarriedawatchattachedtohisleftwrist-band.[5] Scaramouch.—AtraditionalcharacterinItaliancomedy.
[6] Thedoctor.—AlsoatraditionalcharacterinItaliancomedy.
[7] Cleobuline.—Princess, andafterwardsQueenofCorinth, figuresintheromanceofMademoiselledeScudéry, entitledArtamèneouleGrandCyrus.Sheisenamouredofoneofhersubjects, "lovedhimwithoutthinkingoflove; andremainedsolonginthaterror, thatthisaffectionwasnolongerinastatetobeovercome, whenshebecameawareofit." ThecharacterissupposedtohavebeendrawnfromChristinaofSweden.
[8] Riversare, etc.—ApparentlysuggestedbyachapterinRabelais: HowwedescendedintheisleofOdes, inwhichtheroadswalk.
[9] SalomondeTultie.—ApseudonymadoptedbyPascalastheauthoroftheProvincialLetters.
[10] Abstineetsustine.—AmaximoftheStoics.
[11] Follownature.—ThemaximinwhichtheStoicssummeduptheirpositiveethicalteaching.
[12] AsPlato.—CompareMontaigne, Essais, iii, 9.
