At the heart of this was...Blaise's fear of abandonment...if Jacqueline entered Port-Royal, she would have to leave her inheritance behind... nothing would change her mind.
Leta 1640 je Pascal kot komaj šestnajstletni mladenič napisal izvrstno razpravo iz projektivne geometrije z naslovom "Razprava o stožnicah" ("Essai pour les coniques"), dolgo vsega eno stran.