#thematic

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold. ↗

— Albert Pike

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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. ↗

— Plato

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Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible? ↗

— Henri Poincare

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I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943. ↗

— John Pople

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When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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Mathematics is as old as Man. ↗

— Stefan Banach

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It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. ↗

— George Boole

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As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. ↗

— Arthur Cayley

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I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium. ↗

— Gerard Debreu

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