Blaise Pascal
Birth date: June 19, 1623
Died: August 19, 1662
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When I was learning French I was rather thrown by the way their numbers work after about 60, as is demonstrated by this picture, which shows how English, German, and French construct the number 98: My first thought was 'this is absolutely ridiculous, how on Earth could the French have produc...
There are multiple levels to this book. It works best when he's sharing his wisdom by using aphorisms (short pithy and usually wise statements ). They're so many pearls within this book that it wouldn't be worthwhile to highlight with a highlighter because you would highlight over half of the book. ...
Next in my series of personal enrichment (leveling-up)...Pascal-- I'll wager you've heard of this one.Like Descartes, Pascal does a great job of bridging the philosophy of the greeks with christianity (although Pascal slams Descartes for not including more christian thought)So I liked this one. I fo...
Much like Molière, Pascal’s influence is probably best appreciated if read in French. His style, satire and wit are heavily commented on and, since I don’t read French, I’m sure I’m missing much of what makes Pascal influential.Pensees is the skeleton of a book. Never published during Pascal’s lif...
This book was really quite a disappointment. Frankly, Pascal is dull. Apart from a few well-known purple passages, the Pensées (pp. 90-209) mostly consist of a collection of disjointed, fragmentary, premodern ethical musings. What Appelbaum presents here is a selection - so this is not a complete ...
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