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a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer, and Catholic theologian
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Born
19 June 1623 Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
Died
19 August 1662 (aged 39) Paris, France
Nationality
French
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France
era
1600-1800
Era
17th-century philosophy
Main interests
Theology Mathematics Philosophy Physics
Notable ideas
Probability theory Pascal's wager Pascal's triangle Pascal's law Pascal's theorem Pascal's calculator
Region
Western philosophy
School
Cartesianism Jansenism Fideism