[42] P. 22, l. 39. Felix qui, etc.—See above, notes on p. 22, l. 8 and l. 10.
[43] P. 22, l. 40. 280 kinds of sovereign good in Montaigne.—Essais, ii, 12.
[44] P. 23, l. 1. Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.—This reference is to Pascal's Traité du vide.
[45] P. 23, l. 25. How comes it, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, iii, 8.
[46] P. 23, l. 29. See Epictetus, Diss., iv, 6. He was a great Roman Stoic in the time of Domitian.
[47] P. 24, l. 9. It is natural, etc.—Compare Montaigne, Essais, i, 4.
[48] P. 24, l. 12. Imagination.—This fragment is suggestive of Montaigne. See Essais, iii, 8.
[49] P. 25, l. 16. If the greatest philosopher, etc. See Raymond Sebond's Apologie, from which Pascal has derived his illustrations.
[50] P. 26, l. 1. Furry cats.—Montaigne, Essais, ii, 8.
[51] P. 26, l. 31. Della opinione, etc.—No work is known under this name. It may refer to a treatise by Carlo Flori, which bears a title like this. But its date (1690) is after Pascal's death (1662), though there may have been earlier editions.