BlaisePascal
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BlaisePascal (1623-1662) wasaFrenchphilosopher, scientist, mathematician, inventor, , .
Despitechronicillhealth, Pascalmadehistoriccontributionstomathematicsandtophysicalscience, includingbothexperimentalandtheoreticalworkonhydraulics, atmosphericpressure, , Pascalchampionedstrictempiricalobservationandtheuseofcontrolledexperiments; heopposedtherationalismandlogico-deductivemethodoftheCartesians; andheopposedthemetaphysicalspeculationsandreverenceforauthorityofthetheologiansoftheMiddleAges.
Althoughheneverfullyabandonedhisscientificandmathematicalinterests, afterhisuncannyNightofFire (theintensemysticalilluminationandmidnightconversionthatheexperiencedontheeveningofNovember23, 1654), Pascalturnedhistalentsalmostexclusivelytoreligiouswriting.Itwasduringtheperiodfrom1656untilhisdeathin1662thathewroteTheLettresProvincialesandThePensées.TheLettresProvincialesisasatiricalattackonJesuitcasuistryandapolemicaldefenseofJansenism.ThePenséesisaposthumously2publishedcollectionofunfinishednotesforwhatwasintendedtobeasystematicapologiafortheChristianreligion.Alongwithhisscientificwritings, thesetwogreatliteraryworkshaveattractedtheadmirationandcriticalinterestofphilosophersandseriousreadersofeverygeneration.
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“TheChristianreligionconsistsintwopoints”.Whatarethetwopoints?
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3.“AndonthisgroundtheytakeoccasiontoreviletheChristianreligion, becausetheymisunderstandit.” Whatisthesepeople’smisunderstandingofGodandChristianreligion?
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