Blaise Pascal

French polymath (1623–1662) Blaise PascalPascal c. 1691Born(1623-06-19)19 June 1623Clermont-Ferrand, FranceDied19 August 1662(1662-08-19) (aged 39)Paris, FranceFatherÉtienne PascalRelativesMarguerite Périer (niece) Jacqueline Pascal (sister) Gilberte Périer (sister)Philosophical workEra17th-century philosophyRegionWestern philosophySchoolCartesianismJansenismFideismMain interestsTheologyMathematicsPhilosophyPhysicsNotable ideasProbability theoryPascal distributionPascal's wagerPascal's trianglePascal's lawPascal's rulePascal's theoremPascal's calculator Signature Part of a series onCatholic philosophy Augustine, Aquinas and Scotus Ethics Cardinal virtues Just price Just war Principle of Double Effect Casuistry Probabilism Natural law Personalism Social teaching Liberation theology Christian humanism Virtue ethics Works of mercy Metaphysics Conceptualism Realism Moderate realism Nominalism Quiddity essence nature Haecceity Quinque Viae Predestination Theological determinism Compatibilism Divine Attributes Schools Augustinianism Victorines Lullism Cartesianism Christian Neoplatonism Friends of God Molinism Ressourcement Occamism Scholasticism Second Neo Scotism Thomism Analytic