Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) - fitaccen Bafaranshen lissafi, makaniki, masanin ilmin lissafi, marubuci kuma masanin falsafa. Kayan adabin Faransanci, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kirkiro ilimin lissafi, ka'idar hangen nesa da lissafin aiki, mahaliccin samfuran farko na lissafin kere-kere, marubucin mahimmin dokar hydrostatics.
Pascal baiwa ce mai ban mamaki. Bayan ya rayu shekaru 39 ne kawai, galibinsu kuma ba shi da lafiya sosai, ya sami nasarar barin babbar alama a kimiya da adabi. Uniquewarewarsa ta musamman don kutsa kai cikin asalin abubuwa ya ba shi damar kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin manyan masana kimiyyar kowane lokaci, amma kuma ya taimaka wajen kama tunaninsa a cikin halittun adabi marasa mutuwa.
A cikin su, Pascal yayi tsammanin ra'ayoyi da yawa na Leibniz, P. Beyle, Rousseau, Helvetius, Kant, Schopenhauer, Scheler da sauransu.
Don girmama Pascal an lakafta su:
- rami a kan wata;
- sashin auna ma'auni na matsi da damuwa (a cikin injiniyoyi) a cikin tsarin SI;
- Harshen shirye-shiryen Pascal.
- Daya daga cikin jami'o'i biyu a Clermont-Ferrand.
- Kyautar Kimiyya ta Faransa a shekara.
- Ginin katunan zane na GeForce 10, wanda Nvidia ya inganta.
Juyawar Pascal daga kimiyya zuwa addinin Kirista ya faru farat ɗaya, kuma bisa ga bayanin masanin kansa - ta hanyar ƙwarewar allahntaka. Wannan wataƙila wani abin da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba a tarihi. Aƙalla idan ya zo ga masana kimiyya na wannan girman.
Tarihin Pascal
Blaise Pascal an haife ta ne a garin Clermont-Ferrand na Faransa a cikin dangin shugaban ofishin harajin, Etienne Pascal.
Yana da 'yan'uwa mata biyu: ƙarami, Jacqueline, da babba, Gilberte. Mahaifiyata ta mutu lokacin Blaise yana da shekaru 3. A 1631 dangin suka koma Paris.
Yara da samari
Blaise ya girma tun yana yaro mai hazaka. Mahaifinsa, Etienne, ya ilimantar da yaron da kansa; a lokaci guda, shi kansa yana da masaniya a fannin lissafi: ya gano kuma ya binciki wani algebraic curve wanda ba a san shi ba, wanda ake kira "katantanwar Pascal", kuma shi ma memba ne na hukumar tantance latitude, wanda Cardinal Richelieu ya ƙirƙira.
Mahaifin Pascal yana da kyakkyawan shiri don ci gaban ilimin ɗansa. Ya yi imani cewa daga shekara 12 Blaise ya kamata ya karanci tsoffin harsuna, kuma daga 15 - lissafi.
Ganin cewa lissafi na da ikon cikewa da gamsar da hankali, ba ya son Blaise ta san ta, yana tsoron cewa hakan zai sa ya yi watsi da Latin da sauran yarukan da yake son inganta shi. Ganin tsananin sha'awar yaron ga ilimin lissafi, sai ya ɓoye masa littattafan ilimin lissafi.
Koyaya, Blaise, tana zaune a gida ita kaɗai, ta fara zana wasu adadi daban-daban a ƙasa tare da kwal da kuma nazarin su. Rashin sanin kalmomin geometric, sai ya kira layin "sanda" da da'irar "ringlet".
Lokacin da mahaifin Blaise ya kama ɗayan waɗannan darussan masu zaman kansu ba da gangan ba, sai ya kadu: matashin ɗan baiwa, yana motsawa daga wata hujja zuwa wata, ya ci gaba ya zuwa bincikensa har ya kai ga talatin da biyu na littafin farko na Euclid.
“Don haka mutum na iya cewa ba tare da wani karin gishiri ba,” in ji shahararren masanin kimiyyar nan na Rasha MM Filippov, cewa Pascal ya sake inganta tsarin tarihin magabata, wanda dukkanin tsararrakin masanan Masar da Girka suka kirkira. Wannan gaskiyar ba ta misaltuwa hatta a tarihin manyan masana lissafi. "
Bisa ga shawarar abokinsa, Etienne Pascal, wanda ya firgita da ƙwarewar ta Blaise, ya yi watsi da tsarin karatunsa na asali kuma ya ba ɗansa damar karanta littattafan lissafi.
A lokacin da yake hutu, Blaise ya karanci kimiyyar lissafin Euclidean, daga baya, tare da taimakon mahaifinsa, ya koma ayyukan Archimedes, Apollonius, Pappus na Alexandria da Desargues.
A shekara ta 1634, lokacin da Blaise yake ɗan shekara 11 kawai, wani a teburin cin abincin ya caka ma wani faience tasa da wuka, wanda nan take ya fara kara. Yaron ya lura da zaran ya taba tasa da yatsansa, sai karar ta bace. Don neman bayani game da wannan, matashi Pascal ya gudanar da jerin gwaje-gwaje, wanda daga baya aka gabatar da sakamakonsa a cikin "Yarjejeniyar kan Sauti."
Daga shekara 14, Pascal ya shiga cikin taron karawa juna sani na mako-mako na shahararren masanin lissafi na lokacin Mersenne, wanda ake gudanarwa a ranar Alhamis. Anan ya sadu da fitattun masanan duniyar Faransa. Matashi Pascal yana ɗaya daga cikin fewan kalilan waɗanda suka karanci ayyukansa, wanda aka rubuta a cikin wani hadadden yare.
A cikin 1640, an buga aikin bugawa na farko na ɗan shekaru 17 mai suna Pascal - "Gwaji akan Bangarorin Conical", gwaninta wacce ta shiga asusun zinariya na lissafi.
A cikin Janairu 1640, dangin Pascal sun koma Rouen. A cikin waɗannan shekarun, lafiyar Pascal, wacce ba ta da mahimmanci, ta fara lalacewa. Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da aiki sosai.
Injin Pascal
A nan ya kamata mu tsaya a kan labarin ban sha'awa na tarihin rayuwar Pascal. Gaskiyar magana ita ce, Blaise, kamar kowane irin tunani mai ban mamaki, ya juya duban sa na ilimi a zahiri duk abin da ya kewaye shi.
A wannan lokacin na rayuwarsa, mahaifin Blaise, a matsayin shugaban kwata-kwata a Normandy, galibi yana yin lissafin wahala a rarraba haraji, haraji da haraji.
Ganin yadda mahaifinsa ke aiki tare da hanyoyin gargajiya na lissafi da kuma samin rashin dacewar su, Pascal ya kirkiro da ra'ayin kirkirar na'urar kirkirar kwamfuta wacce zata iya sauƙaƙe lissafin.
A cikin 1642, Blaise Pascal mai shekaru 19 ya fara kirkirar na'urar tattara bayanan ta "Pascaline", a cikin wannan, ta hanyar shigar da kansa, ilimin da ya samu a shekarun sa na farko ya taimaka masa.
Injin Pascal, wanda ya zama samfurin kalkuleta, yayi kama da akwatin da ke cike da kayan aiki da yawa da ke haɗe da juna, kuma ya yi lissafi tare da lambobi lambobi shida. Don tabbatar da ingancin abin da ya kirkira, Pascal ya kasance da kansa yayin da ake kera dukkan kayan aikin.
Faransa Archimedes
Ba da daɗewa ba mai kera motar Pascal ya ƙirƙira shi a cikin Rouen ta wani mai kera agogo wanda bai ga na asali ba kuma ya gina kwafi, ana ba da labarinsa kawai ta hanyar '' kirjin kirgawa '' na Pascal. Duk da cewa jabun na’urar bata dace da gudanar da ayyukan lissafi ba, Pascal, wanda wannan labarin ya cutar dashi, ya bar aikinsa akan kirkirar sa.
Don ƙarfafa shi ya ci gaba da inganta motar, abokansa sun ja hankalin ɗayan manyan jami'ai a Faransa - Shugaban gwamnati Seguier. Bayan ya gama nazarin aikin, ya shawarci Pascal da kar ya tsaya anan. A cikin 1645, Pascal ya gabatar da Seguier da ƙirar motar, kuma bayan shekaru 4 ya sami gatar masarauta don ƙirƙirar sa.
Ka'idar hada ƙafafun da Pascal ya ƙirƙira kusan ƙarni uku ya zama tushen ƙirƙirar mafi yawan na'urori masu haɓakawa, kuma mai kirkirar kansa an fara kiransa Archimedes na Faransa.
Sanin Jansenism
A cikin 1646, dangin Pascal, ta hanyar likitocin da suka kula da Etienne, sun saba da Jansenism, ƙungiyar addini a cocin Katolika.
Blaise, bayan da ya karanci rubutun shahararren bishop dan kasar Holland Jansenius "A kan sauyawar mutum na ciki" tare da sukar neman "girma, ilimi da annashuwa", yana cikin shakku: shin bincikensa na kimiyya ba bin zunubi bane da ibada? Daga cikin dangin duka, shi ne wanda ke da zurfin zurfafa tare da ra'ayoyin Jansenism, yana fuskantar “tubar farko”.
Koyaya, bai bar karatunsa a fannin kimiyya ba har yanzu. Wata hanya ko wata, amma wannan taron ne wanda zai canza rayuwarsa gaba ɗaya a nan gaba.
Gwaje-gwaje tare da bututun Torricelli
A ƙarshen 1646, Pascal, bayan ya koya daga saninsa ga mahaifinsa game da bututun Torricelli, ya maimaita kwarewar masanin kimiyyar Italiyanci. Sannan ya yi jerin gwanoyin gyare-gyare, yana ƙoƙari ya tabbatar da cewa sararin da ke cikin bututun da ke sama da merkury bai cika da tururinsa ba, ko iska mai ƙarancin ƙarfi ba, ko wani nau'in "abu mai kyau".
A cikin 1647, tuni ya kasance a cikin Paris kuma, duk da tsananin ciwon, Pascal ya wallafa sakamakon gwajinsa a cikin rubutun "Sababbin Gwaji Game da wofi".
A ɓangaren ƙarshe na aikinsa, Pascal yayi jayayya cewa sararin saman bututun "Ba a cike ta da wasu abubuwa da aka sani a yanayi ... kuma wannan sararin ana iya ɗauka da gaske fanko ne, har sai an tabbatar da wanzuwar kowane abu a ciki."... Wannan hujja ce ta farko game da yuwuwar fanko kuma zancen Aristotle na "tsoron wofi" yana da iyaka.
Bayan tabbatar da wanzuwar matsin yanayi, Blaise Pascal ya karyata daya daga cikin ginshikan tsohuwar kimiyyar lissafi kuma ya kafa asalin dokar hydrostatics. Na'urori daban-daban na lantarki suna aiki bisa dokan dokar Pascal: tsarin birki, matatun lantarki, da sauransu.
"Lokacin mutane" a cikin tarihin rayuwar Pascal
A 1651, mahaifin Pascal ya mutu, kuma kanwarsa, Jacqueline, ta tafi gidan sufi na Port-Royal. Blaise, wanda a baya ya goyi bayan 'yar uwarsa a cikin rayuwar rayuwar sufaye, tana tsoron yanzu ta rasa abokiyar zama ita kuma mai taimaka mata, ta nemi Jacqueline da kar ta barshi. Koyaya, ta kasance mai ƙarfi.
Tsarin rayuwar Pascal ya ƙare, kuma canje-canje masu mahimmanci sun faru a tarihin rayuwarsa. Bugu da ƙari, ga duk matsalolin an ƙara gaskiyar cewa yanayin lafiyar sa ya taɓarɓare sosai.
A lokacin ne likitoci suka umarci masanin ya rage yawan damuwa da hankali da kuma ba da lokaci mai yawa a cikin al'ummar da ba ruwanta da addini.
A lokacin bazara na 1652, a cikin Lessananan Fadar Luxembourg, a Duchess d'Aiguillon's, Pascal ya nuna na'urar lissafin sa kuma ya kafa gwaje-gwaje na zahiri, wanda ya samu karbuwa a duniya. A wannan lokacin na tarihin rayuwarsa, Blaise ya kulla alakar zaman duniya tare da fitattun wakilan al'ummar Faransa. Kowane mutum na son kasancewa kusa da hazikin masanin kimiyya, wanda shahararsa ta yi nesa da Faransa.
Daga nan ne Pascal ya sake farfado da sha'awar bincike da sha'awar shahara, wanda ya danne shi a ƙarƙashin tasirin koyarwar Jansenists.
Mafi kusancin abokai masu mulkin masanin shine Duke de Roanne, wanda yake son lissafi. A cikin gidan duke, inda Pascal ya zauna na dogon lokaci, an ba shi daki na musamman. Tunani dangane da abubuwan da Pascal yayi a cikin al'umman duniya daga baya aka sanya su cikin aikinsa na falsafa na musamman "Tunani".
Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa ita ce caca, sanannen a wancan lokacin, ya haifar da gaskiyar cewa a cikin rubutun Pascal tare da Fermat, an kafa tushen ka'idar yiwuwar. Masana kimiyya, magance matsalar rarraba caca tsakanin 'yan wasa tare da jerin wasannin da aka katse, sun yi amfani da kowannensu hanyoyin bincike don kirga yiwuwar, kuma sun zo ga wannan sakamakon.
A lokacin ne Pascal ya kirkiro "Yarjejeniyar kan Triangle ta Arithmetic", kuma a cikin wasikar da ya aike wa Makarantar Kwalejin ta Paris ya sanar da cewa yana shirya wani aiki na asali mai taken "The Mathematics of Chance".
"Kira na biyu" na Pascal
A daren 23 ga Nuwamba 23-24, 1654, “daga goma da rabi na yamma zuwa rabin dare,” Pascal, a cikin kalmominsa, ya sami wayewar wayewa daga sama.
Lokacin da ya zo wurin, nan da nan ya sake rubuta tunanin da ya rubuta a kan takardar a kan wata takardar da ya dinka a cikin rufin tufafinsa. Da wannan kayan tarihin, abin da marubutan tarihinsa za su kira shi "Tunawa da Pascal", bai rabu ba har zuwa mutuwarsa. Karanta rubutun Tunawa da Pascal nan.
Wannan taron ya canza rayuwarsa sosai. Pascal bai ma gaya wa 'yar'uwarsa Jacqueline game da abin da ya faru ba, amma ya nemi shugaban Port-Royal Antoine Senglen da ya zama mai furtawarsa, ya yanke alaƙar duniya ya bar Paris.
Da farko, yana zaune ne a cikin gidan Vaumurier tare da Duke de Luin, sannan, don neman keɓancewa, ya koma tashar jirgin ruwa ta Port-Royal. Gaba daya ya daina karatun kimiyya. Duk da mummunan mulkin da masu mallakar Port-Royal suka biyo baya, Pascal ya sami ci gaba sosai a cikin lafiyarsa kuma yana fuskantar ci gaba ta ruhaniya.
Daga yanzu, ya zama mai neman gafara ga Jansenism kuma ya ba da dukkan ƙarfinsa ga adabi, yana mai jagorantar alƙalaminsa don kare "ƙa'idodin madawwami." A lokaci guda yana shirya wa "ƙananan makarantu" na Jansenists littafin rubutu "Elements of Geometry" tare da rataye "Akan Hankalin Lissafi" da "The Art of Persuading.
"Haruffa zuwa lardin"
Jagoran ruhaniya na Port-Royal yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane masu ilimi a wancan lokacin - Doctor na Sorbonne Antoine Arnault. A kan bukatarsa, Pascal ya kasance cikin takaddama ta Jansenist tare da Jesuit kuma ya kirkiro Wasiku zuwa Gundumar, kyakkyawan misali na adabin Faransanci wanda ke dauke da mummunar suka game da oda da farfaganda na kyawawan dabi'un da aka gabatar a cikin ruhin hankali.
Da farawa tare da tattaunawa game da bambancin ra'ayi tsakanin Jansenists da Jesuit, Pascal ya ci gaba da la'antar tauhidin ɗabi'ar ɗabi'ar. Ba da izinin sauyawa zuwa ga mutane ba, ya yi Allah wadai da kwarjinin Jesuit, yana jagorantar, a ra'ayinsa, ga faɗar ɗabi'ar ɗan adam.
An buga Wasikun a cikin 1656-1657. a karkashin sunan bogi kuma ya haifar da mummunan abin kunya. Voltaire ya rubuta: “An yi ƙoƙari da yawa don a nuna mutanen Jesuit a matsayin abin ƙyama; amma Pascal ya yi ƙari: ya nuna musu abin dariya da ban dariya. "
Tabbas, bayan buga wannan aikin, masanin kimiyya yayi kasada ya fada cikin Bastille, kuma dole ne ya buya na wani lokaci. Sau da yawa yakan canza wurin zama kuma ya rayu da sunan ƙarya.
Binciken Cycloid
Bayan barin karatun na yau da kullun a cikin kimiyya, Pascal, duk da haka, wani lokaci yakan tattauna tambayoyin lissafi tare da abokai, kodayake baya da niyyar yin aikin kimiyya.
Iyakar abin da ya keɓance shi ne ainihin bincike na cycloid (a cewar abokai, ya ɗauki wannan matsalar don shagaltar da ciwon haƙori).
A cikin dare ɗaya, Pascal ya warware matsalar Mersenne cycloid kuma ya sanya jerin abubuwan ganowa na musamman a cikin binciken sa. Da farko ya kasance mai son tallata abubuwan da ya gano. Amma abokinsa Duke de Roanne ya ba da shawarar shirya gasa don magance matsalolin tsirrai a tsakanin manya-manyan masana lissafi na Turai. Yawancin mashahuran masana kimiyya sun halarci gasar: Wallis, Huygens, Rehn da sauransu.
Kimanin shekara daya da rabi kenan, masana kimiyya ke ta shirya binciken su. Sakamakon haka, masu yanke hukunci sun amince da mafita na Pascal, wanda ya same su a cikin justan kwanaki kaɗan na ciwon hakori, a matsayin mafi kyau, kuma hanyar ƙarancin adadi da ya yi amfani da shi a cikin ayyukansa na ƙara tasiri kan ƙirƙirar lissafi daban-daban.
"Tunani"
Tun a farkon 1652, Pascal ya yi tunanin ƙirƙirar aiki na asali - "Apology na Addinin Kirista." Daya daga cikin manyan manufofin "Neman gafara ..." shine ya kasance mai sukar rashin yarda da Allah da kuma kare imani.
Ya kasance yana yawan tunani a kan matsalolin addini, kuma shirinsa ya canza a kan lokaci, amma yanayi daban-daban sun hana shi fara aiki a kan aikin, wanda ya ɗauka a matsayin babban aikin rayuwa.
Farawa a tsakiyar 1657, Pascal yayi rubuce rubucen ra'ayoyinsa akan takardu daban-daban, yana rarraba su ta hanyar jigo.
Saboda fahimtar mahimmancin ra'ayin sa, Pascal ya ba da kansa shekaru goma don ƙirƙirar wannan aikin. Koyaya, rashin lafiya ya hana shi: daga farkon shekarar 1659, yayi rubutattun bayanai ne kawai.
Doctors sun hana shi duk wani damuwa na hankali da ɓoye takarda da tawada daga gare shi, amma mai haƙuri ya sami damar rubuta duk abin da ya shigo kansa, a zahiri akan kowane kayan da ke hannu. Daga baya, lokacin da ya kasa ma iya faɗi, ya daina aiki.
Kimanin karin bayanai dubu sun rayu, sun bambanta a cikin nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan, girma da kuma matsayin kammalawa. An warware su kuma an buga su a cikin wani littafi mai suna "Tunani a kan Addini da Sauran Batutuwa", to kawai ana kiran littafin "Tunani".
Sun fi maida hankali ne ga ma'anar rayuwa, dalilin mutum, da kuma alaƙar da ke tsakanin Allah da mutum.
Wannan wani irin chimera ne wannan mutumin? Abin al'ajabi, menene dodo, wane rikici, wane filin saɓani, abin al'ajabi! Alkalin komai, macijin duniya mara ma'ana, mai kiyaye gaskiya, matattarar shakku da kura-kurai, ɗaukaka da datti na duniya.
Blaise Pascal, Tunani
"Tunani" sun shiga cikin litattafan adabin Faransa, kuma Pascal ya zama babban marubuci kawai a cikin tarihin zamani kuma babban masanin lissafi a lokaci guda.
Karanta tunanin da aka zaba na Pascal anan.
Shekarun da suka gabata
Tun 1658, lafiyar Pascal ta lalace cikin sauri. Dangane da bayanan zamani, a lokacin gajeriyar rayuwarsa, Pascal ya sha wahala daga ɗaukacin hadaddun cututtuka masu haɗari: mummunan ƙwayar ƙwaƙwalwa, tarin fuka na hanji da rheumatism. Rashin ƙarfi na jiki ya rinjaye shi, kuma a kai a kai yana fama da mummunan ciwon kai.
Huygens, wanda ya ziyarci Pascal a 1660, ya same shi dattijo sosai, duk da cewa a lokacin Pascal bai wuce shekaru 37 ba. Pascal ya fahimci cewa ba da daɗewa ba zai mutu, amma ba ya jin tsoron mutuwa, yana gaya wa ’yar’uwarsa Gilberte cewa mutuwa tana ɗauke wa mutum“ rashin dacewar yin zunubi. ”
Halin Pascal
Blaise Pascal mutum ne mai tawali'u kuma mai kirki, kuma tarihinsa cike yake da misalai na sadaukarwa ta ban mamaki.
Ya ƙaunaci talaka har abada yana ƙoƙari ya taimake su har ma (kuma galibi) don cutar da kansa. Abokansa sun tuna:
“Bai taba kin sadaka ga kowa ba, duk da cewa shi kansa bashi da arziki kuma kudin da yake yawan fama da rashin lafiyarsa ya wuce kudin shigar sa. Ya kasance yana ba da sadaka, yana hana kansa abin da ake buƙata. Amma lokacin da aka nuna masa wannan, musamman lokacin da yake kashe kudi a kan sadaka, ya yi matukar damuwa kuma ya gaya mana cewa: "Na lura cewa komai talaucin mutum, bayan mutuwarsa akwai abin da ya rage." Wasu lokuta yakan yi nisa har sai ya ci bashi don neman abin yi ya kuma ci bashi tare da sha'awa domin ya sami damar bai wa talakawa duk abin da yake da shi; bayan wannan, bai taba son neman taimakon abokai ba, saboda ya sanya doka kada ya dauki bukatun wasu mutane a matsayin nauyi a kansa, amma a kodayaushe ku kula da dora wa wasu bukatunsa. "
A ƙarshen 1661, Pascal ya raba tare da Duke de Roanne game da ƙirƙirar hanya mai sauƙi da sauƙi ta hanyar jigilar matalauta a cikin motocin hawa da yawa. Duke ya yaba da aikin Pascal, kuma bayan shekara guda aka buɗe hanyar jigilar jama'a ta farko a Faris, daga baya ana kiranta da omnibus.
Jim kaɗan kafin mutuwarsa, Blaise Pascal ya shiga gidan wani talaka wanda ba zai iya biyan kuɗin gida ba. Lokacin da ɗayan sonsa ofan wannan matalautan ya kamu da cutar kaza, sai aka shawarci Pascal da ya cire ɗan yaron na ɗan lokaci daga gidan.
Amma Blaise, wanda ya riga ya kamu da rashin lafiya da kansa, ya ce wannan matakin ba shi da haɗari a gare shi kamar na yaron, kuma ya nemi a kai shi ga 'yar'uwarsa da kyau, kodayake hakan ya sa shi wahala sosai.
Wannan shi ne Pascal.
Mutuwa da ƙwaƙwalwa
A watan Oktoba 1661, a cikin wani sabon zagaye na tsananta wa Jansenists, 'yar'uwar babban masanin kimiyyar, Jacqueline, ta mutu. Wannan ya kasance mummunan rauni ga masanin kimiyya.
A ranar 19 ga Agusta, 1662, bayan wata doguwar jinya, Blaise Pascal ya mutu. An binne shi a cocin parish na Paris Saint-Etienne-du-Mont.
Koyaya, ba a ƙaddara Pascal ya kasance cikin duhu ba. Nan da nan bayan mutuwar waƙar tarihi, an fara narkar da gadonsa, aka fara kimanta rayuwarsa da aikinsa, wanda ya bayyana daga epitaph:
Mijin da bai san matarsa ba
A cikin addini, mai tsarki, ɗaukaka ta nagarta,
Mashahuri ga malanta,
Sharp hankali ...
Wanda yake son adalci
Mai kare gaskiya ...
Muguwar makiyi wacce ke lalata ɗabi'un Kiristanci,
A cikinsa ne maganganu ke son kaifin magana,
A cikinsa ne marubuta ke gane alheri
Wanda masana lissafi suke jin daɗin zurfinsa
A cikinsa masana falsafa ke neman hikima,
A cikinsa likitocin ke yaba ma tauhidi,
A cikinsa ne mãsu taƙawa suke girmamawa.
Wanda kowa ke yabawa ... Wanda kowa yakamata ya sani.
Nawa, mai wucewa, mun rasa a Pascal,
Ya kasance Ludovic Montalt.
An faɗi isa, kaico, hawaye na zuwa.
Nayi shiru ...
Makonni biyu bayan mutuwar Pascal, Nicolas ya ce: “Da gaske za mu iya cewa mun rasa ɗayan manyan masu hankali da suka taɓa kasancewa. Ban ga wani wanda zan iya kwatanta shi da shi ba: Pico della Mirandola da duk wadannan mutanen da duniya ta yaba da su wawaye ne a kusa da shi ... Wanda muke bakin ciki da shi shi ne sarki a masarautar hankali ... ".
