Quote of the day by Blaise Pascal: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

French thinker Blaise Pascal observed humanity's aversion to stillness, suggesting our constant busyness stems from a fear of ...
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Pascal’s Dilemma of Faith

After his return to Catholicism, Blaise Pascal proposed a famous wager in his masterwork Pensées (Thoughts), taking a mere paragraph to do it. Since the existence of God cannot be proven, Pascal took ...
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400 years ago, this child rebuilt Geometry from scratch

Blaise Pascal independently rediscovered classical geometry at the age of 12 despite a ban on formal maths studies. His early ...
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'National treasure': Christie's suspends sale of Blaise Pascal's 17th century calculating machine

The sale of an ancient arithmetic machine known as the 'Pascaline' has been suspended after a French administrative court blocked its export. Leading auction house Christie's decided to call off its ...