"Mathematics would certainly have not come into..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Mathematics would certainly have not come into existence if one had known from the beginning that there was in nature no exactly straight line, no actual circle, no absolute magnitude.
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“there they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears.”
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“Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better.”