Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

Frenchman, Theologian, Philosopher, Physicist, Scientist, Mathematician …
Pascal laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

~ Blaise Pascal

All our dignity consists then in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves.

~ Blaise Pascal

The video clips below describe much of the genius that flowed to and through this mortal being to enrich our life experience in this physical dimension. Appreciate the contributions, and pay mind to his directive to elevate ourselves through thought.

The Heart Has Its Reasons ⬇

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.
~ Blaise Pascal