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| | + | His famous ''Provincial Letters'' directed against the Jesuits, and his ''Pensées'', were written towards the close of his life. <ref> [http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Pascal/RouseBall/RB_Pascal.html Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)] </ref> |
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| − | His famous ''Provincial Letters'' directed against the Jesuits, and his ''Pensées'', were written towards the close of his life. <ref> [http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Pascal/RouseBall/RB_Pascal.html Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)] </ref>
| + | <blockquote>''It is the heart which perceives [[God]] and not the reason.'' |
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| − | ''It is the heart which perceives [[God]] and not the reason.''</blockquote> | + | ''The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.'' |
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| | + | == External links == |
| | + | *[http://kirjasto.sci.fi/bpascal.htm Blaise Pascal] |
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| | == References == | | == References == |