Blaise Pascal really was a gambler—at least when he was young. His highly devout parents, according to Antoine Compagnon in his short book “A Summer With Pascal,” were a bit worried when their ...
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Blaise Pascal

Il y a 400 ans, naissait Blaise Pascal, philosophe, mathématicien, physicien. Pour Jean de Saint-Cheron, auteur de «Blaise Pascal. Voilà ce que c’est que la foi» (Salvator), si ce génie a marqué le ...
Blaise Pascal was a famous French mathematician and philosopher. As a converter to Christianity, Pascal’s beliefs would come to extensively influence the religion and its practice. He also engaged in ...