blaise pascal meaning

Noun: Blaise Pascal

1. French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
   - Pascal

Type of: mathematician, philosopher

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1. It was also the year Blaise Pascal invented the adding machine.
2. These ideas originate with Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat.
3. Other named role models are Blaise Pascal and Plato.
4. The French philosopher Blaise Pascal took faith to a place akin to Las Vegas.
5. Blaise Pascal attacked what he called moral laxity in the casuistry of the Jesuits.