Finesse and geometry – Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal In the Thoughts, the though numbered 513, Blaise Pascal notes regarding science: “For judgment is the one to whom feeling belongs, as the sciences belong to the mind …
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Correction: Does recognizing one’s duties mean giving up one’s freedom?
Definitions of the question terms The word ‘duties’, in the plural, can receive a rather broad definition. We will give it here the meaning of” Obligation imposed, in a particular …
Percentage of smartphone use in France
CREDIT, “Conditions of Life and Aspirations” surveys, will be your best source to know on the fingertips of all the digital statistics, as part of the Concours common des Sciences …
Freedom, the right to do what the laws allow – Montesquieu
Freedom does not consist in the possibility of doing everything and anything. This is what Montesquieu tries to explain in his work De l’Esprit des lois, II, in book XI. …
Difference between science and technology
What are the differences between these two concepts that are on the one hand science and on the other hand technology? To answer this question, it is first important to …
Pythagoras and Euclid the founders of demonstration
Pythagoras (560 – 480 BC) founded a school organized as a sect. He plays a major role in the history of science. The numbers in his school were represented in the …