Blaise Pascal

==Legacy ==
[[File:Epitaph Blaise Pascal Saint-Etienne.jpg|thumb|Pascal's epitaph in [[Saint-Étienne-du-Mont]], where he was buried]]

One of the Universities of [[Clermont-Ferrand]], France – [[Université Blaise Pascal]] – is named after him. [[Établissement scolaire français Blaise-Pascal]] in [[Lubumbashi]], Democratic Republic of the Congo is named after Pascal.

The 1969 [[Eric Rohmer]] film ''[[My Night at Maud's]]'' is based on the work of Pascal. [[Roberto Rossellini]] directed a filmed biopic, ''Blaise Pascal'', which originally aired on Italian television in 1971.<ref>{{TCMDb title|488698}}</ref> Pascal was a subject of the first edition of the 1984 [[BBC Two]] documentary, ''[[Sea of Faith (TV series)|Sea of Faith]]'', presented by [[Don Cupitt]]. The chameleon in the film ''[[Tangled]]'' is named for [[Pascal and Maximus|Pascal]].

A [[Pascal (programming language)|programming language]] is named for Pascal. In 2014, [[Nvidia]] announced its new [[Pascal microarchitecture]], which is named for Pascal. The first [[graphics cards]] featuring Pascal were released in 2016.

The 2017 game ''[[Nier: Automata]]'' has multiple characters named after famous philosophers; one of these is a sentient pacifistic machine named Pascal, who serves as a major supporting character. Pascal creates a village for machines to live peacefully with the androids they are at war with and acts as a parental figure for other machines trying to adapt to their newly-found individuality.

The otter in the [[Animal Crossing|''Animal Crossing'' series]] is named for Pascal.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/07/animal_crossing_new_horizons_pascal_-_spawn_times_locations_and_mermaid_clothing_rewards#:~:text=Pascal%20is%20a%20red%20otter,the%20pascal%2C%20is%20also%20named| title = Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Pascal - Spawn Times, Locations And Mermaid Clothing Rewards| date = 8 November 2021| access-date = 4 October 2020| archive-date = 8 October 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201008080021/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/07/animal_crossing_new_horizons_pascal_-_spawn_times_locations_and_mermaid_clothing_rewards#:~:text=Pascal%20is%20a%20red%20otter,the%20pascal%2C%20is%20also%20named| url-status = live}}</ref>

Minor planet [[4500 Pascal]] is named in his honor.

[[Pope Paul VI]], in [[encyclical]] ''[[Populorum progressio]],'' issued in 1967, quotes Pascal's ''Pensées'': {{blockquote|True [[humanism]] points the way toward God and acknowledges the task to which we are called, the task which offers us the real meaning of human life. Man is not the ultimate measure of man. Man becomes truly man only by passing beyond himself. In the words of Pascal: "Man infinitely surpasses man.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Populorum Progressio (March 26, 1967) {{!}} Paul VI |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Holy See |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015074543/https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

In 2023, [[Pope Francis]] released an [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|apostolic letter]], ''Sublimitas et miseria hominis'', dedicated to Blaise Pascal, in commemoration of the fourth centenary of his birth.