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...d a castle), is chiefly known for an incorrect solution of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]'s problems on the cycloid, which he gave in 1660, but he has a better cla ...1651, ''Quadratura Circuli'', he calculates volumes and centers of gravity by inverting the rule of [[Paul Guldin]]. As a geometer Lalouvère is also the ...

...or for the new edition of ''{{lang|fr|L'histoire générale de Languedoc}}'' by [[Dom Vaissète]]: he superintended the reprinting of the text, adding notes ...fs à l'enseignement de l'histoire}} (''{{lang|fr|Vie de Louis le Gros}}'', by Suger, 1887); for the {{lang|fr|Collection des documents inédits}} (''{{lan ...

...came professor of Greek language and civilization at the University Blaise Pascal at Clermont-Ferrand. He eventually became Doctor Honoris Causa at the [[Uni ...ncient sites.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/619784/Paul_Faure Paul Faure], by Florence Gaignerot-Driessen</ref> He also explored many Cretan caves, and w ...

...over a cloister. One of the galleries contains one of the most prestigious works of art from the French Renaissance period. ...After that, the château went into severe decline and in 1793 was ransacked by [[French Revolution|Revolutionaries]]. For many years the château lay aband ...

{{Short description|Collection of fragments written by Blaise Pascal}} ...Pensées, 2e édition G. Desprez, 1670.djvu|thumb|Second edition of [[Blaise Pascal]]'s {{lang|fr|Pensées}}, 1670]] ...

Born in [[Rouen]], he was educated by the Jesuits, entered the order at the age of eighteen, and became [[Superio ==Works== ...

...[[Valladolid]] in [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]], he was educated by [[Jesuits]] before entering this order, aged fifteen.<ref name="EB1911">{{E ...]] (1613) and [[Mary, the mother of Jesus|Mary]] (1618), but his principal works focus on [[exegesis]] and [[moral theology]]. Of the latter the best-known ...

...t. Its linguistic companion piece is the ''[[Port-Royal Grammar]]'' (1660) by Arnauld and Lancelot. ...pecies''. The same concept would later become a fundamental element in the works of [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]]. ...

...nslation Interpretation|url=http://www.vincentpoon.com/zhang-zhi-exemplary-works.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Vincent's Calligraphy|language=en-GB}}< ...n]] meal." (信速不及草書，家貧難辦素食) Compare the well-known quote by [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]: "''Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loi ...

| known_for = Works in [[probability theory]] ...ing [[Pascal's triangle]] after [[Blaise Pascal]], calling it "Table de M. Pascal pour les combinaisons." ...

...le Supérieure]]'' from 1838 to 1843, writing his thesis on [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]'s ''[[Pensées]]'' under the supervision of [[Victor Cousin]]. He taught ...ire, Vapereau was appointed [[prefect]] of [[Cantal]] on 14 September 1870 by [[Jules Trochu]]'s ''Government of National Defense''. He then became pref ...

{{Short description|1983 book by Spanish cartoonist Max}} '''''Peter Pank''''' is a Spanish-language [[comic book]] written and drawn by Spanish cartoonist [[Max (Spanish cartoonist)|Max]] (Francesc Capdevila) in ...

...bsite, ''The Life of Eugene Louis Bautain (1796 - 1867), Part 2'', article by Marian McGreal]</ref> This post he held till his death.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911} ...rely contains the germs of the higher ideas, and these are made productive by being brought into contact with revealed facts. This fundamental conception ...

...ne 1612 [[Antwerp]] &ndash; 22 December 1660 [[Antwerp]], also referred to by his Latinized name '''Andrea Tacquet'''<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-andr ...English). His most famous work, which influenced the thinking of [[Blaise Pascal]] and his contemporaries, is ''Cylindricorum et annularium'' (1651). In thi ...

'''Samson Pascal François''' (18 May 1924{{spaced ndash}}22 October 1970) was a French piani ...His mother, Rose, named him [[Samson]], for strength, and [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], for mind.<ref name="Waiblinger">{{Cite AV media notes| title =The ...

* September 19 – [[Blaise Pascal]]'s brother-in-law, Florin Périer, demonstrates in an ascent of the [[Puy-d ...ear script]], used by the [[Torgut]] [[Mongol]]s of Sinkiang, is developed by [[Zaya Pandita]]. ...

...nt]]''. Disliking his profession, he decided to seek an alternative income by marriage with his cousin Elisabeth de Rambouillet. His half-brother had mar ...erbe]], [[Jean Chapelain]], [[Valentin Conrart]] and many others; [[Blaise Pascal]] and [[Jean de la Fontaine]] appear in his work; and he chronicles the sca ...

...=en}}</ref> Zhu was born close to today's Beijing. Two of his mathematical works have survived: ''Introduction to Computational Studies'' ({{lang|zh-hant|算學 ...as [[Pascal triangle|Pascal's triangle]], which he refers to as discovered by [[Jia Xian]] before 1050. The final equation and one of its solutions are g ...

...e Montaigne|Montaigne]], [[René Descartes|Descartes]], and [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]] that were printed in Switzerland. He composed a manual of philosophy dedi ==Works (selected)== ...

...uropean philosophy until his death. Between 1927 and 1933 he was appointed by the [[Prussia#The Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic|Prussian]] G ...Stirner]] and [[Herbert Spencer]], passing through [[Montaigne]], [[Blaise Pascal]], [[François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)|La Rochefoucauld]], and [[Claude ...