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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle		Thursday May 02, 2024
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It is true that Fourier had the opinion that the principal aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomena; but a philosopher like him should have known that the sole end of science is the honor of the human mind, and that under this title a question about numbers is worth as much as a question about the system of the world. Carl Jacobi

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	Carl Jacobi
	In H. Eves Mathematical Circles Revisited, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1971.

Other Carl Jacobi Quotes

God ever arithmetizes.

It is often more convenient to possess the ashes of great men than to possess the men themselves during their lifetime. [Commenting on the return of Descartes' remains to France]

It is true that Fourier had the opinion that the principal aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomena; but a philosopher like him should have known that the sole end of science is the honor of the human mind, and that under this title a question about numbers is worth as much as a question about the system of the world.

Mathematics is the science of what is clear by itself.

One should always generalize. (Man muss immer generalisieren)

The real end of science is the honor of the human mind.