The Christianization of Pyrrhonism: Scepticism and Faith in Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Shestov

Abbreviations. Introduction. 1: Before the Christianization of Pyrrhonism: Jansenism faces Sceptical Fideism. 1.1. The Pelagian and the Manichean Threats. 1.2. Michel de Montaigne. 1.3. Pierre Charron. 1.4. Saint-Cyran versus Garasse on Charron. 1.5. François de la Mothe Le Vayer. 2: Pascal's Christianization of Pyrrhonism. 2.1. Conversation with Sacy about Epictetus and Montaigne. 2.2. Undoing Ataraxia. 2.3. Undoing Intellectual Integrity. 3: Kierkegaard's Christianization of Pyrrhonism. 3.1. In Search of Genuine Sceptics: The Period before Authorship. 3.2. Abraham and the Sceptics: The Preface to Fear and Trembling. 3.3. The Christians and the Sceptics: The Works by Johannes Climacus. 3.4. Pascal and Kierkegaard. 4: After the Christianization of Pyrrhonism: Shestov's Irrationalism. 4.1. Shestov's Neo-Kantianism. 4.2. Scepticism, Belief, and the Doctrine of the Fall. 4.3. Shestov on Pascal. 4.4. Shestov on Kierkegaard. Conclusion Appendix. Works Cited.