"Life lies in movement" is not Voltaire's motto! !
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Whenever mainland Chinese (including the author) hear the motto "Life lies in movement", they can't help but think of the French philosopher Voltaire. The sports motto "life lies in movement" was proposed by the French Enlightenment thinker, philosopher, and writer Voltaire (1694-1778). In 2005, the author overturned this motto with unquestionable and irrefutable arguments in the third chapter of the book "Revealing Major Events of Human Concern" in the article "Life lies in the spirit".
Recently, the author was writing the book "Exploring the Truth About God" (240,000 words), and in the process of searching for documents and famous quotes by great scientists, I unexpectedly discovered: It turns out that this motto has influenced China for nearly 70 years. , is not Voltaire’s motto.
The famous great scientist Frenchman Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662), Pascal was not only a famous philosopher, mathematician, and physicist , chemist, and also an outstanding musician, educator, and meteorologist.
Pascal conducted early research in natural and applied sciences and made important contributions to the manufacture of mechanical calculators and the study of fluids. Pascal also vigorously defended the scientific method. Mathematically, Pascal contributed to two important new areas of research. At the age of 16, he wrote a paper entitled Projective Geometry. In 1654, he began corresponding with Pierre de Fermat, a famous lawyer and mathematician at the time, to discuss probability theory, which profoundly affected the development of modern economics and social sciences. After his death, people commemorated Pascal and named the unit of pressure after him, referred to as "Pa".
Blaise Pascal famously said: The essence of life lies in movement, and tranquility is death.
Original words: "Our vitality lies in movement, absolute stillness is death."
Voltaire was born 32 years after Pascal's death, both of them are The French, especially Pascal, was a great scientist who attracted much attention in the world at that time. Pascal's motto must be well-known to everyone. Logical reasoning leads to the conclusion that Voltaire spoke highly of Pascal's motto because he agreed with it. Since Voltaire was an atheist, atheistic countries adapted this influential and widely spread motto into Voltaire's motto. Because if an atheist country claims that this sentence comes from the atheist philosopher Voltaire, it will be reasonable for atheist countries to promote atheistic doctrines, which will have an impetus; if the truth is reduced to Pascal's motto, people can't help but think of Pascal and several other A famous motto:
"The study of truth can have three purposes:
1. When we explore, we must discover the truth;
2. When we find it , to prove the truth;
3. When we examine it, we must distinguish it from fallacy. ”
“It is sad for people to not have God, but it is sad for people to have God. Happy."
"Nothing can fill the depths of the human heart except God Himself."
What will readers think after reading these aphorisms of Pascal?