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Blaise Pascal


Born
in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
June 19, 1623

Died
August 19, 1662

Genre
Mathematics,Philosophy,Science

Influences
Thomas Hobbes,René Descartes,Galileo Galilei,Pierre de Fermat ...more


Early work ofBlaise Pascalof France included the invention of the adding machine and syringe and the co-development withPierre de Fermatof the mathematical theory of probability; later, he, aJansenist,wrote on philosophy and theology, notably as collected in the posthumous Pensées (1670).

This contemporary ofRené Descartesattained ten years of age in 1633, when people forcedGalileo Galileito recant his belief that Earth circled the Sun. He lived in Paris at the same time, whenThomas Hobbesin 1640 published his famous Leviathan (1651). Together, Pascal created the calculus.

A near-fatal carriage accident in November 1654 persuaded him to turn his intellect finally toward religion. The story goes that on the proverbial dark ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 16,590 ratings · 983 reviews ·1,271 distinct works •Similar authors
Pensées
3.95 avg rating — 13,777 ratings — published 1670 — 1310 editions
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Great Ideas Human Happiness
3.65 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1669 — 6 editions
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The Provincial Letters
really liked it4.00 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1657 — 428 editions
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The Mind on Fire: A Faith f...
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Selections from The Thoughts
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3.95 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1900 — 5 editions
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Despre fericire
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Discours sur les passions d...
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De l'art de persuader
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“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”
― Blaise Pascal
tags: heart, love, quip, reason
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées
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“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."

(Letter 16,1657)”
― Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters
tags: brevity, conciseness, correspondence, humor, letters, pithy, wit, writing
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