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Thinker · 1623–1662

Blaise Pascal

Mathematician who invented a calculator at 19, then a probability theory, then turned to God after a night of fire. Died at 39, leaving us the Pensées.

Contributions
  • Probability theory (with Fermat)
  • Pensées — fragments on faith and reason
Words that traveled
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
— Blaise Pascal
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All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
— Blaise Pascal