I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.
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Nationality: German Type: Mathematician Born: April 30, 1777 Death: February 23, 1855 |
“I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!”
“You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.”