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Blaise Pascal
(19 Jun 1623 - 19 Aug 1662)
French mathematician and physicist who was a child prodigy. In mathematics, he developed a theory of probabilities. In physics, he invented the hydraulic press and formulated Pascal’s Law for pressure.
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Blaise Pascal
“Knowledge of morality”
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“Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. ”
— Blaise Pascal
Pensées (1670).
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Pensées (1670), No. 23, translated by A. J. Krailsheimer (1995), 6. Original French text in Pensées de Pascal: publiées dans leur texte authentique (1866), Vol. 1, 198-199, No. 60.
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