Blaise Pascal
Born 19 June 1623 · Died 19 August 1662
From birth house of Blaise Pascal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · Nationality: Kingdom of France · Writes nonfiction
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher.
Quotes
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”
De l'Art de persuader ["On the Art of Persuasion"], written 1658; published post “Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ, by commanding his followers to lay down their own lives.”
Chapter XVI “Your soul and your body are, of themselves, indifferent to the state of boatman or that of duke; and there is no natural bond that attaches them to one condition rather than to another.”
Discourses on the Condition of the Great “The best books are those, which those who read them believe they themselves could have written.”
The Art of Persuasion “If we do not secure the foundation, we cannot secure the edifice.”
The Art of Persuasion
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Blaise Pascal in order
Books by Blaise Pascal in the order they were published, from Provincial Letters (1656) to Pensamentos (2021).
- 1Provincial Letters
Provincial Letters1656 - 2Human Happiness
Human Happiness2008 - 3Pascal's PenseesPascal's Pensees2010
- 4La máquina de buscar a Dios
La máquina de buscar a Dios2014 - 5PenseeesPenseees2020
- 6PensamentosPensamentos2021
- 7Great Books of the Western World
Great Books of the Western World - 8Great Shorter Works of Pascal
Great Shorter Works of Pascal - 9Monsieur Pascall's Thoughts, Meditations, and Prayers, Touch
Monsieur Pascall's Thoughts, Meditations, and Prayers, Touching Matters Moral and Divine - 10Monsieur Pascall's Thoughts, Meditations, and Prayers, TouchMonsieur Pascall's Thoughts, Meditations, and Prayers, Touching Matters Moral and Divine, as They Were Found in His Papers After His Death
- 11Pensees (in French) (French Edition) by Blaise Pascal
Pensees (in French) (French Edition) by Blaise Pascal - 12Selected Readings from Blaise PascalSelected Readings from Blaise Pascal
- 13The Living Thoughts of Pascal
The Living Thoughts of Pascal - 14The Mind on Fire
The Mind on Fire - 15The Physical Treatises of Pascal
The Physical Treatises of Pascal - 16The Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal
The Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal - 17Thoughts
Thoughts - 18Thoughts of Blaise Pascal
Thoughts of Blaise Pascal