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Blaise Pascal (/ p æ ˈ s k æ l / pass-KAL, also UK: /-ˈ s k ɑː l, ˈ p æ s k əl,-s k æ l /- KAHL, PASS-kəl, -kal, US: / p ɑː ˈ s k ɑː l / pahs-KAHL; French: [blɛz paskal]; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.
May 30, 2024 · Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and author who wrote Pensees (‘Thoughts’) and Les Provinciales (‘The Provincial Letters’).
- If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
- No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth. Blaise Pascal.
- There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
- Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years. Blaise Pascal. Death, Suicide, Years.
Apr 2, 2014 · Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities.
Jan 22, 2024 · Blaise Pascal is known for being a French scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He conducted pioneering experiments with barometers, invented a calculating machine, proposed that belief in god was one's best bet (Pascal's wager), and has several mathematical theorems named after him.
- Mark Cartwright
Aug 21, 2007 · One of the most famous and most extensive notes in the Pensées (Fragment 397: II, 676–81) is the so-called ‘wager’ in favour of belief in God. Cole (1995, Chapter 15) argues that Pascal exhibited signs of manic depression and an almost infantile dependence on his family in his mature years.
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Blaise Pascal was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, inventor, and theologian. In mathematics, he was an early pioneer in the fields of game theory and probability theory. In philosophy he was an early pioneer in existentialism.
