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Blaise Pascal
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French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)

Also known as: Amos Dettonville, Dettonville, Louis de Montalte, Pascal, Paskal Blez, Блез Паскаль

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Known works

  • Pensées (1977)
  • Great Books of the Western World
  • Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
  • Pensées de Blaise Pascal
  • Pensées de Blaise Pascal dans leur texte authentique et selon l'ordre voulu par l'auteur, précédées de documents sur sa vie et suivies de ses principaux opuscules