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French polymath (1623–1662)
Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy
Blaise_Pascal
Argument for the belief in God
Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This
Pascal's_wager
Early mechanical calculator
as the arithmetic machine or Pascal's calculator) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to develop a calculator
Pascaline
Former French university (1976 to 2016)
Blaise Pascal University (French: Université Blaise-Pascal), also known as Université Clermont-Ferrand II, was a public university with its main campus
Blaise_Pascal_University
SI derived unit of pressure
Young's modulus, and ultimate tensile strength. The unit, named after Blaise Pascal, is an SI coherent derived unit defined as one newton per square metre
Pascal_(unit)
Topics referred to by the same term
Lycée Blaise Pascal or Lycée Français Blaise Pascal (LFBP) may refer to: Lycée Français Blaise Pascal Abidjan - Abidjan, Ivory Coast Lycée Blaise Pascal de
Lycée_Blaise_Pascal
GPU microarchitecture by Nvidia
mathematician and physicist, Blaise Pascal. In April 2019, Nvidia enabled a software implementation of DirectX Raytracing on Pascal-based cards starting with
Pascal_(microarchitecture)
Principle in fluid mechanics
The law was established by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1653 and published in 1663. Pascal's principle is defined as: A change in pressure at
Pascal's_law
Catholic theological movement
with a promising young theologian, Pierre Nicole. At the same time, Blaise Pascal undertook to defend him before public opinion, initiating the campaign
Jansenism
Scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
support a column of mercury approximately 30 inches high. In 1646, Blaise Pascal along with Pierre Petit, had repeated and perfected Torricelli's experiment
Barometer
Cardinal virtue of control over excess
philosopher Blaise Pascal, temperance respects the balance between the two extremities of insatiable desire and total lack thereof. Like Montaigne, Pascal believes
Temperance_(virtue)
Canadian singer-songwriter
Blaise Pascal is a Canadian singer-songwriter who was active in the early 2000s. Although she released only one album, 2000's Hairspray, she was a Juno
Blaise_Pascal_(musician)
Epistemological theory that faith is independent of reason
is most commonly ascribed to four philosophers: Søren Kierkegaard, Blaise Pascal, William James, and Ludwig Wittgenstein; with fideism being a label
Fideism
French polymath (1596–1650)
made observations with a Torricellian mercury barometer. Challenging Blaise Pascal, Descartes took the first set of barometric readings in Stockholm to
René_Descartes
Programming language
is named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal. Pascal was developed on the pattern of the ALGOL 60 language. Wirth was
Pascal_(programming_language)
Collection of fragments written by Blaise Pascal
written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the
Pensées
Christian theology that defends Christianity against objections
Scotus, William of Ockham and Anselm of Canterbury during Scholasticism. Blaise Pascal was an active Christian apologist during the 17th century. In the modern
Christian_apologetics
Prefecture and commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher Jacqueline Pascal (1625–1661), child prodigy, youngest sister of Blaise
Clermont-Ferrand
Surname list
Andrew Pascal (born 1965), American businessman in the gaming industry. Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher Chris Pascal, Co-director
Pascal_(surname)
and a Medal of Honor of the City of Tours. In 2011, the Université Blaise-Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand) awarded him an honorary doctorate. He was awarded
Tom_Conley_(scholar)
French tax officer and mathematician
Étienne Pascal (French: [etjɛn paskal]; 2 May 1588 – 24 September 1651) was a French chief tax officer and the father of Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). Pascal was
Étienne_Pascal
Doubt about God's existence
skepticism toward the existence of Allah. In early modern philosophy, Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) argued that even if certain knowledge of God is impossible
Agnosticism
Philosophy dealing with absurdity of existence
thought, even before the term came into use. William Barrett identified Blaise Pascal and Søren Kierkegaard as two specific examples. Jean Wahl also identified
Existentialism
Theorem in projective geometry
points which lie on a straight line, called the Pascal line of the hexagon. It is named after Blaise Pascal. The theorem is also valid in the Euclidean plane
Pascal's_theorem
Early public transport service
transport in the world, developed by mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal and operated in Paris in the 1660s. Paris in the era of Louis XIV was
Carrosses_à_cinq_sols
The Blaise Pascal Chairs (Chaires Internationales de Recherche Blaise Pascal), established in 1996 by the Government of the Île-de-France Region for internationally
Blaise_Pascal_Chair
Name list
French soldier Blaise Pascal, French mathematician Blaise Rabetafika, Malagasy diplomat Blaise Senghor, Senegalese filmmaker and diplomat Blaise Sonnery, French
Blaise_(name)
History of a philosophical school
aphoristic writing style (conceptismo) and often quoted him in his works. Blaise Pascal approached pessimism from a Christian perspective. He is noted for publishing
History of philosophical pessimism
History_of_philosophical_pessimism
Triangular array of the binomial coefficients
mathematician Blaise Pascal, although other mathematicians studied it centuries before him in India, Persia,China, Germany, and Italy. The rows of Pascal's triangle
Pascal's_triangle
High school in Zaandam, Netherlands
Blaise Pascal College is a high school in Zaandam, Netherlands. It offers vwo at atheneum and Gymnasium level, as well as havo. The school's Christian
Blaise_Pascal_College
Problem in probability theory
beginnings of modern probability theory in the 17th century, it led Blaise Pascal to the first explicit reasoning about what today is known as an expected
Problem_of_points
Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50 – c. 135)
Baron d'Holbach, who all read the Enchiridion when they were students. Blaise Pascal listed Epictetus as among those philosophers he was most familiar with
Epictetus
français Blaise-Pascal (ESFBP) is a French international school in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is named after Blaise Pascal. Established
Établissement scolaire français Blaise-Pascal
Établissement_scolaire_français_Blaise-Pascal
Gabonese French school
Lycée Blaise Pascal de Libreville is a French international school in Libreville, Gabon. It includes collège (junior high school) and lycée (senior high
Lycée Blaise Pascal de Libreville
Lycée_Blaise_Pascal_de_Libreville
Figure of speech
aphorists were Baltasar Gracián, François de La Rochefoucauld, and Blaise Pascal. Two influential collections of aphorisms published in the twentieth
Aphorism
French research organisation
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pronounced [sɑ̃tʁ(ə) nɑsjɔnal də la ʁəʃɛʁʃ(ə)
French National Centre for Scientific Research
French_National_Centre_for_Scientific_Research
Debate on the factuality of the Homeric canon
early modern era, attitudes towards the legends grew more skeptical. Blaise Pascal characterized the story as merely a "romance", commenting that "nobody
Historicity_of_the_Iliad
Mechanical machine for arithmetic operations for absolute calculators
advent of the electronic calculator and the digital computer. In 1642, Blaise Pascal invented the first operational mechanical calculator with better tens-carry
Mechanical_calculator
Arrangement of trinomial coefficients
mathematics, Pascal's pyramid is a three-dimensional arrangement of the coefficients of the trinomial expansion and the trinomial distribution. Pascal's pyramid
Pascal's_pyramid
1969 French film
Blaise Pascal (who was born in Clermont-Ferrand) on mathematics, on ethics, and on human existence. They also talk about a topic the bachelor Pascal did
My_Night_at_Maud's
French international school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Lycée Français Blaise Pascal (LFBP) is a French international school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It includes the Ecole Jacques Prévert, the collège-lycée
Lycée Français Blaise Pascal Abidjan
Lycée_Français_Blaise_Pascal_Abidjan
Type of mechanical calculator designed to perform basic arithmetic
beginning in about 1985. Blaise Pascal and Wilhelm Schickard were the two original inventors of the mechanical calculator in 1642. For Pascal, this was an adding
Adding_machine
Human nose with a prominent bridge
"Cleopatra's Nose, Blaise Pascal". World History Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 18 April 2026. Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées"
Aquiline_nose
Casino game of chance
roulette was devised in 18th-century France. Many historians believe Blaise Pascal introduced a primitive form of roulette in the 17th century in his search
Roulette
Concept in philosophy and early physics
pupil Evangelista Torricelli, who repeated his experiment with mercury. Blaise Pascal successfully repeated Galileo's and Torricelli's experiment and foresaw
Horror_vacui_(philosophy)
Counterintuitive result in probability
and Cicero's De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), through Blaise Pascal and Jonathan Swift, up to modern statements with their iconic simians
Infinite_monkey_theorem
Church in Paris, France
Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. Jean-Paul Marat is buried in the church's cemetery
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
List_of_philosophies
Existentialist approach to Christian theology
Press. Desmond Clarke (2011). "Blaise Pascal", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Clifford Williams (July 3, 2005). "Pascal". cliffordwilliams.net Michial
Christian_existentialism
French poet (1625–1661)
Jacqueline Pascal (4 October 1625 – 4 October 1661), sister of Blaise Pascal and Gilberte Périer, was born at Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France. Like
Jacqueline_Pascal
German astronomer and computing pioneer
asserted that because these letters had been lost for three hundred years, Blaise Pascal had been called and celebrated as the inventor of the mechanical calculator
Wilhelm_Schickard
Christian theologian and philosopher (354 – 430)
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Augustine_of_Hippo
French mathematician and lawyer (1601–1665)
[citation needed] Through their correspondence in 1654, Fermat and Blaise Pascal helped lay the foundation for the theory of probability. From this brief
Pierre_de_Fermat
Postulated continued existence after death
who claim to have contact with deceased people include Tyler Henry and Pascal Voggenhuber. Research also includes the study of the near death experience
Afterlife
Topics referred to by the same term
list of people with the name Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist
Pascal
Danish philosopher and theologian (1813–1855)
Danish religionist, is a spiritual brother of the great Frenchman, Blaise Pascal, and of the striking English Tractarian, Hurrell Froude, who died young
Søren_Kierkegaard
2017 video game
Machine characters taking notable names such as supporting character Pascal (Blaise Pascal), boss character Simone (Simone de Beauvoir), and NPC Jean-Paul
Nier:_Automata
Device used for calculations
the mechanical calculator by Wilhelm Schickard in 1623, and later by Blaise Pascal in 1642. A device that was at times somewhat over-promoted as being
Calculator
School in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
v t e International schools in Ivory Coast Abidjan Lycée Français Blaise Pascal Abidjan Jean-Mermoz International School International Community School
International Community School of Abidjan
International_Community_School_of_Abidjan
Something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy
doi:10.2307/2709883. ISSN 0022-5037. JSTOR 2709883. PMID 11623059. "Blaise Pascal Scientific and spiritual prodigy". christianitytoday.com. Retrieved
Vision_(spirituality)
Reasoning by extrapolation
It was famously attacked by the Catholic and Jansenist philosopher Blaise Pascal during the formulary controversy against the Jesuits, in his Provincial
Casuistry
Transgression against divine law
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Sin
Philosophical problem-solving principle
James (2001). The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Chap 9. p. 241. Alistair Cameron Crombie
Occam's_razor
Island in Adélie Land, Antarctica
Charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French physician and philosopher. List of Antarctic and
Pascal_Island_(Antarctica)
Absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
moral or ethical foundation, or renders life meaningless and miserable. Blaise Pascal argued this view in his Pensées. There is also a position claiming that
Atheism
philosophical views, particularly his insight into Catholicism. 1653 – Blaise Pascal has a spiritual vision of fire that convinces him of God's presence
17th_century_in_philosophy
French biographer, sister of Blaise Pascal
of Blaise Pascal whose biography she wrote. Françoise Gilberte Pascal was the eldest of three surviving children born to mathematician Étienne Pascal (1588–1651)
Gilberte_Périer
Short story by Jorge Luis Borges
mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal employed this metaphor, and in an earlier essay Borges noted that Pascal's manuscript called the sphere effroyable
The_Library_of_Babel
French university
campus in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It was created with the merger of Blaise Pascal University and the University of Auvergne on 1 January 2017. Clermont
Clermont_Auvergne_University
One hundred years, from 1601 to 1700
including Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, René Descartes, Pierre Fermat, Blaise Pascal, Robert Boyle, Christiaan Huygens, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke
17th_century
English architect (1632–1723)
to 1682. His scientific work was highly regarded by Isaac Newton and Blaise Pascal. Wren was born in East Knoyle in Wiltshire, the only surviving son of
Christopher_Wren
German philosopher (1724–1804)
scholarship and science during the 18th century, German philosopher Daniel-Pascal Zorn explains the risk of taking period quotations out of context. Many
Immanuel_Kant
German philosopher (1770–1831)
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
French philosopher
Renaud Barbaras. After obtaining his diploma in 2001, from Université Blaise Pascal. He also studied at l'École normale supérieure in Paris. He became a
Étienne_Bimbenet
British computer scientist and author (born 1962)
Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award. In 2012, he was appointed to the Blaise Pascal Chair in Paris, awarded to "internationally acclaimed foreign scientists
Stuart_J._Russell
Toulouse Lycée Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand Lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay Lycée Blaise Pascal, Rouen Lycée Blaise Pascal, Forbach Lycée Blaise Pascal, Châteauroux
List_of_schools_in_France
Physical quantity
was first formulated, in a slightly extended form, by Blaise Pascal, and is now called Pascal's law.[citation needed] In a fluid at rest, all frictional
Hydrostatic_pressure
1908 French-language book by Georges Sorel
by various other philosophical writers, including Giambattista Vico, Blaise Pascal, Ernest Renan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard von Hartmann, Pierre-Joseph
Reflections_on_Violence
French mathematician (1902–1966)
subject. Between 1938 and 1960, Couffignal was the director of the Blaise Pascal Calculation Center. In 1945, he was named Inspector General of Public
Louis_Couffignal
German philosopher and socialist (1818–1883)
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Karl_Marx
Philosophical thought experiment about utility
dialogue, adopting the same literary style. In Bostrom's description, Blaise Pascal is accosted by a mugger who has forgotten their weapon. However, the
Pascal's_mugging
French film director (1920–2010)
to do with what someone thinks and feels. Rohmer cited the works of Blaise Pascal, Jean de La Bruyère, François de La Rochefoucauld and Stendhal as inspirations
Éric_Rohmer
German philosopher (1844–1900)
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Friedrich_Nietzsche
Italian writer and philosopher (1265–1321)
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet François Fénelon Cornelius Jansen (Jansenism) Blaise Pascal Nicolas Malebranche Giambattista Vico Alphonsus Liguori Louis de Montfort
Dante_Alighieri
Christian theological concept
movement, which included Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. The French philosopher Lucien Goldmann would title a 1964 book on Pascal and Racine, The Hidden
Deus_absconditus
French nun, niece of Blaise Pascal
1733) was a French nun and follower of Jansenism. She was the niece of Blaise Pascal, and wrote a biography of her uncle that has been preserved. Marguerite
Marguerite_Périer
1992 German film
religion and science fiction. It begins with a quotation, attributed to Blaise Pascal: "The collapse of the stellar universe will occur – like creation –
Lessons_of_Darkness
Medieval Jewish philosopher (1135/1138–1204)
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Maimonides
Philosophy in the French language
Europe". Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662) was a Cartesian and a child prodigy mathematician and scientist who grew increasingly religious. Pascal was a vacuuist
French_philosophy
different ajutages under different pressures (1648). In the hands of Blaise Pascal hydrostatics assumed the dignity of a science, and in a treatise on
History_of_fluid_mechanics
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
economic forms of capital). Another notable influence on Bourdieu was Blaise Pascal, after whom Bourdieu titled his Pascalian Meditations. Bourdieu was
Pierre_Bourdieu
Discours sur les passions de l'amour discovered by Victor Cousin
because it contained no reference to Blaise Pascal. Ferdinando Neri's 1921 work Un ritratto immaginario di Pascal is cited as the first to demonstrate
Discours sur les passions de l'amour
Discours_sur_les_passions_de_l'amour
Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
the recipient of the 2008 and 2017 ACM Presidential Award, the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal in computational science by the European Academy of Sciences,
Moshe_Vardi
Letters by Blaise Pascal published 1656–57
polemical letters written by the French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte. Written in the midst of the formulary
Lettres_provinciales
Abbey located in Yvelines, in France
Arnauld Antoine Le Maistre Marie Angelique Arnauld Blaise Pascal Jacqueline Pascal, sister of Blaise Pascal Marc-Antoine Charpentier Port-Royal Logic Formulary
Port-Royal-des-Champs
Cultural classics valued in the West
the major figures were Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Baruch Spinoza, Baltasar Gracián, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro
Western_canon
Set of internally connected containers containing a homogeneous fluid
gravity and pressure are constant in each vessel (hydrostatic pressure). Blaise Pascal proved in the seventeenth century that the pressure exerted on a molecule
Communicating_vessels
8th-century Indian Vedic scholar
Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus Baruch Spinoza Nicolas Malebranche Gottfried W Leibniz
Adi_Shankara
Void between celestial bodies
air pressure should decrease with altitude. The French mathematician Blaise Pascal proposed an experiment to test this hypothesis. In 1648, his brother-in-law
Outer_space
massif) was a French mathematician and professor of mathematics at the Blaise Pascal University. Badrikian co-founded the renowned and influential summer
Albert_Badrikian
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