The Philosopher
Blaise Pascal
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- French
- Schools:
- Cartesianism, Jansenism, Fideism
- Branchs:
- Probability theory, Fluid dynamics, Pascal's calculator, Pressure, Vacuum
- Period:
- 17th-century
The synopsis
The works
Essai pour les coniques
Pascaline
Experiences nouvelles touchant le vide
Récit de la grande expérience de l'équilibre des liqueurs
Traité du triangle arithmétique
Lettres provinciales
Pensées
The quotes
Law, without force, is impotent.
The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!