Let no one say that I have said nothing new; the arrangement of the material is new. In playing tennis both players use the same ball, but one plays … - Blaise Pascal

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Let no one say that I have said nothing new; the arrangement of the material is new. In playing tennis both players use the same ball, but one plays it better. I would just as soon be told that I have used old words. As if the same thoughts did not form a different argument by being differently arranged, just as the same words make different thoughts when arranged differently!

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About Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, logician, physicist and theologian.

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Alternative Names: Pascal Louis de Montalte Amos Dettonville Dettonville Paskal Blez
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