Néant de Pascal

Pascal also had the intuition of nothingness. Since it is too strong, from Job to King Solomon in the Bible and through the centuries, intuition continues. Job encountered mishaps, illnesses and lost his children. He had the intuition of nothingness as difficulties and obscurity. At the extremity of glory, reputation, and fortune, King Solomon lost sight of the truth and essence of life. He had the intuition of nothingness as emptiness and vanity. Pascal writes about these two people in "Thoughts". We must not let this description escape. He was assaulted by and suffered illness at the time of his childhood. His condition was like that of Job. The Pascal who left many good results in mathematics and physics is not recognized. It is a light and a shadow of Pascal. However, in the shadow he had the intuition of nothingness and Pascal developed a theory to treat of nothingness as the first principle in "Thoughts". Energy is needed to divide a particle. In order to subdivide a particle near the void, an energy close to infinity is necessary. The nothingness continues to infinity. This view is consistent with the author’s point of view. Moreover, Pascal preaches the world relativity of things, but it is extremely close to the thought of the Engi of Buddhism. This study is the development of Pascal’s thought.