Blaise Pascal (1972) - (Movie Clip) Descartes

Name: Blaise Pascal (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Descartes
Uploaded: 2013-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
Duration: 4 min 17 s
Description: Pierre Arditi (title character), already something of a phenomenon in 17th century France, has just attended a lecture by the renowned philosopher Descartes (Claude Baks), to whom he is then introduced, in Roberto Rossellini's "didactic" TV movie Blaise Pascal, 1972.

Pierre Arditi (title character), already something of a phenomenon in 17th century France, has just attended a lecture by the renowned philosopher Descartes (Claude Baks), to whom he is then introduced, in Roberto Rossellini's "didactic" TV movie Blaise Pascal, 1972.

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