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Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662. Early modern French thinker, known for his contributions to science and mathematics as well as his phiosophical writings. His philosophy, as expressed in the Pensees and Provincial Letters, is customarily placed in opposition to that of Descartes.

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A Short Account of the History of Mathematics: Blaise Pascal Excerpts from a mathematical biography by W. W. Rouse Ball. www.maths.tcd.ie/../../People/Pascal/RouseBall/RB_Pascal.html

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive: Pascal An overview and selection of links. www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pascal.html

Existentialism and Blaise Pascal Katharena Eiermann's tribute site, which includes essays, articles, photos, quotes and related links. members.aol.com/KatharenaE/private/Philo/Pascal/pascal.html

Bartleby.com: Blaise Pascal An online version of the Harvard Classics Pascal volume. Includes Thoughts, Letters and various lesser works including the Preface to the Treatise on the Vacuum. www.bartleby.com/people/Pascal-B.html

Blaise Pascal - The European Enlightenment The fifth chapter of the learning module by Richard Hooker about the second major thinker of the early Enlightenment. www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/ENLIGHT/PASCAL.HTM

Pascal Lecture Hall Messageboard devoted to all contemplations, musings, and queries concerning Pascal. mobydicks.com/lecture/Pascalhall/wwwboard.html

Catholic Encyclopedia: Blaise Pascal Biographical entry. www.newadvent.org/cathen/11511a.htm

The History Guide: Blaise Pascal Brief biography with excerpts from Pascal's writings. www.historyguide.org/intellect/bpascal.html

Pascal Fervor Dedicated to Pascal and his battle against the fearful hubris of his day. Includes a selection of links. pascalfervor.com

Provincial Letters The M'Crie translation of this work, presented as a single text file. www.class.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Pascal-prov%20letters.txt

Blaise Pascal From Oregon State University. Includes biographical sketch, timeline, and searchable texts of the Pensees and Provincial Letters. oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/pascal.html

Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) Resource page including links, a scanned article from the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, and the Trotter translation of the Pensees. www.ccel.org/p/pascal

Pensees The Trotter translation of this work, presented as a single text file. www.class.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Pascal-pensees.txt