Who is Blaise Pascal and why does Pope Francis like him?

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Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont-Ferrand, a city in central France. From an early age he was considered a prodigy in several fields including physics, mathematics, and as an inventor. He invented, for example, the “Pascaline” an early mechanical calculator in the 1640s.

In 1654 Pascal had a strong conversion experience he would later call the “Night of Fire,” which the Pope explains was when the philosopher lived an “experience of the love of God” in “Jesus Christ personally.” After this conversion experience, the Frenchman started writing a text titled Apology for the Christian Religion, but was unable to complete it before his death. The drafts of this project were included in Pensées, a collection of his writings that was published posthumously in 1670. Pope Francis has said that this text is a “splendid and religiously interesting book.

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