engagea, 'tried to persuade

1. 23. casuiste. In English casuist and casuistry are generally used in a bad sense, which is not the original one. Casuistry properly means the science of ' cases of conscience ' (castes), showing how to balance the claims of conflicting duties. The most famous English work on the subject is Jeremy Taylor's Ductor Dubitantium (1660).

1. 26. Sais-tu bien. We should ask the question negatively 'are you not aware?'