HoP 483 Between Infinity and the Void: Blaise Pascal

HoP 483 Between Infinity and the Void: Blaise Pascal

Author: Peter Adamson December 28, 2025 Duration: 20:13

Blaise Pascal was a pioneering scientist and deeply spiritual religious thinker; what united these two sides of his thought?


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