BLAISE
PASCAL
19 Jun 1623 - 19 Aug 1662
French
mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and inventor
of the hydraulic press and the syringe.
Pascal was a child prodigy, having written a treatise on projective
geometry at the age of 16 (which included Pascal's
theorem) and having constructed a mechanical calculator
at the age of 19. Pascal is also known for Pascal's
Wager, which asserts that one is better off believing
in God than not.
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QUOTES
BY BLAISE PASCAL
Key: "Quote" [relevant subjects] | [source issue] | original
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"All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling."
[Emotion,
Reason] | [QoM]
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