Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)French mathematician, philosopher and theologian. His talents were manifold, but his main achievement was a defence of the Christian religion for those folk during his lifetime that had not been afforded the luxury of an education in classical thought. His anthropological reflections were published as Pensées in 1670. He is also famous for his expression of his own religious experience which he recorded on a piece of paper and carried around sewn into the inside of his jacket: “Fire...the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, and not the God of the philosophers...or the men of science”. Related Topics:
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