Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662. Early modern French thinker, known for his contributions to science and mathematics as well as his phiosophical writings. His philosophy, as expressed in the Pensees and Provincial Letters, is customarily placed in opposition to that of Descartes.
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An online version of the Harvard Classics Pascal volume. Includes Thoughts, Letters and various lesser works including the Preface to the Treatise on the Vacuum.
Biographical entry.
Brief biography with excerpts from Pascal's writings.
An overview and selection of links.
Resource page including links, a scanned article from the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, and the Trotter translation of the Pensees.
Excerpts from a mathematical biography by W. W. Rouse Ball.
Essay by Nayeli Riano.
(March 20, 2019)
Brief biography with excerpts from Pascal's writings.
An overview and selection of links.
Resource page including links, a scanned article from the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, and the Trotter translation of the Pensees.
Excerpts from a mathematical biography by W. W. Rouse Ball.
An online version of the Harvard Classics Pascal volume. Includes Thoughts, Letters and various lesser works including the Preface to the Treatise on the Vacuum.
Biographical entry.
Essay by Nayeli Riano.
(March 20, 2019)
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