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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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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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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Pascal Adding Machine Section (Replica)

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. As a youth, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) ...