Blaise Pascal really was a gambler—at least when he was young. His highly devout parents, according to Antoine Compagnon in his short book “A Summer With Pascal,” were a bit worried when their ...

On Aug. 19, 1662, French philosopher, mathematician and apologist Blaise Pascal died at just 39 years old. Pascal, despite his shortened life, is renowned for pioneering work in geometry, physics and ...

Ismar David immediately felt Blaise Pascal’s compassion and purity of thought, reaching out from the seventeenth century to our time. “Reading Pascal, one is filled with the conviction that this man ...

(The Conversation) — Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago, left a deep and lasting influence on the world that can be felt today. In fact, Pascal’s influence in ...

Pascal believed total honesty would destroy most friendships. He argued private thoughts and criticisms are a normal part of social life. True friendship balances honesty, loyalty, and kindness.

To mark the quatercentenary of Pascal’s birth on June 19, 1623, the Vatican Apostolic Library showed journalists his most well-known work of Christian apologetics published posthumously from his notes ...

Pope Francis published an apostolic letter on Monday praising the 17th-century mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal as “a tireless seeker of truth.” Pascal (1623-1662) was a French scientist ...

1 - Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, inventor and Christian philosopher who was born on June 19, 1623. 2 - In poor health much of his life, Pascal died at only 39, on Aug. 19, 1662. 3 - As a ...

NO one can read the story of Pascal's life without amazement at the greatness of his genius and sadness at the mode in which it found expression. To Voltaire in the eighteenth century he is a “fou ...