The Thinking Reed
On a November night in 1654, Blaise Pascal — already one of the finest mathematical minds in Europe — had an encounter with the living...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 8:4-9.
On a November night in 1654, Blaise Pascal — already one of the finest mathematical minds in Europe — had an encounter with the living God so overwhelming that he sewed a written record of it into the lining of his coat and carried it against his chest for the rest of his life. The word he kept returning to was "fire."…
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