Questions tagged [pascal]

Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662) was a French mathematician and theologian.

The following are some sources for information about Pascal.

24 questions
4
votes
3 answers

How to read Pensées by Pascal

I've just started Pascal's Pensées and the first several pages seem like a flood of incoherent statements. For example, 16) Vanity: That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and…
Clclstdnt
  • 255
  • 1
  • 8
3
votes
1 answer

Why did Pascal think — All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone?

This blogpost has the full quote from Pensée, B139, Divertissement Quand je m’y suis mis quelquefois à considérer les diverses agitations des hommes et les périls et les peines où ils s’exposent dans la Cour, dans la guerre, d’où naissent tant de…
user8572
0
votes
1 answer

What did Pascal mean: 'A vapour, a drop of water, suffices to kill him'?

Source: p 29 (Top), Introducing Philosophy for Canadians: A Text with Integrated Readings (2011 1 ed). Primary Source: Fragment 347, Pensées by Blaise Pascal L’homme n’est qu’un roseau, le plus faible de la nature; mais c’est un roseau pensant.…
user8572