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“The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution.”

Book:The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal

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The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal

This book includes Pascal's famous 'Pensees', a series of reflections on faith, reason, and human nature, as well as his letters and other philosophical works. more

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and theologian. He was born on June 19, 1623, and died on August 19, 1662. Pascal's contributions to mathematics were particularly significant, with groundbreaking work in probability theory, analytical geometry, and early calculus. more

“Il y a deux sortes d'esprits, l'un ge ome trique, et l'autre que l'on peut appeler de finesse. Le premier a des vues lentes, dures et inflexibles; mais le dernier a une souplesse de pense e. There are two kinds of mind, one mathematical, the other what one might call the intuitive. The first takes a slow, firm, inflexible view, but the latter has flexibility of thought.”

Mind Firsts Kind Two Might Views Mathematical Firm Latter Flexibility Intuitive Finesse

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Quand on voit le style naturel, on est tout e tonne et ravi, car on s'attendait de voir un auteur, et on trouve un homme. When we see a natural style we are quite amazed and delighted, because we expected to see an author and find a man.”

Men Natural Car Style Expected Amazed Delighted Auteurs

Author:Blaise Pascal

“L'homme n'est qu'un sujet plein d'erreur, naturelle et ineffa c° able sans la gra" ce. Man is nothing but a subject full of natural error that cannot be eradicated except through grace.”

Men Able Natural Grace Subjects Errors

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Condition de l'homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man's condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.”

Men Conditions Anxiety Boredom Ennui Inconstancy

Author:Blaise Pascal