Mathematician:Antoine Arnauld

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Mathematician

French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician.

Personal friend of Blaise Pascal.


Nationality

French


History

  • Born: 6 February 1612 in Paris, France
  • Died: 6 August 1694 in Brussels, Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium)


Theorems and Definitions

Results named for Antoine Arnauld can be found here.


Publications

  • 1643: De la fréquente communion où les sentimens des Pères, des papes et des Conciles touchant l'usage des sacremens de pénitence et d'Eucharistie sont fidèlement exposez
  • 1660: Grammaire générale et raisonnée contenant les fondemens de l'art de parler, expliqués d'une manière claire et naturelle
  • 1683: La logique ou l'art de penser contenant outre les règles communes, plusieurs observations nouvelles, propres à former le jugement


Also known as

Antoine Arnauld le Grand, to distinguish him from his father, who had the same name.


Sources