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Morris Kline Quotes

The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution of mathematical probabilities. The ladder that Descartes, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz erected in order to scale the heavens rests upon a continually shifting, unstable foundation Picture Quote #1

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts Picture Quote #1

Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition Picture Quote #1

Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths Picture Quote #1

There is no rigorous definition of rigor Picture Quote #1

The most fertile source of insight is hindsight Picture Quote #1

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The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings, and the sort of beauty changeless mountains present to senses tried by the present day kaleidoscope of events Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for creative activity as that it provides spiritual values. It puts man in touch with the highest aspirations and lofiest goals. It offers intellectual delight and the exultation of resolving the mysteries of the universe Picture Quote #1

The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even ungrammatical... The books are not only printed by machines; they are written by machines Picture Quote #1

A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written Picture Quote #1

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The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution of mathematical probabilities. The ladder that Descartes, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz erected in order to scale the heavens rests upon a continually shifting, unstable foundation (Morris Kline Quotes) A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts (Morris Kline Quotes) Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition (Morris Kline Quotes) Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths (Morris Kline Quotes) There is no rigorous definition of rigor (Morris Kline Quotes) The most fertile source of insight is hindsight (Morris Kline Quotes) The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings, and the sort of beauty changeless mountains present to senses tried by the present day kaleidoscope of events (Morris Kline Quotes) Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for creative activity as that it provides spiritual values. It puts man in touch with the highest aspirations and lofiest goals. It offers intellectual delight and the exultation of resolving the mysteries of the universe (Morris Kline Quotes) The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even ungrammatical... The books are not only printed by machines; they are written by machines (Morris Kline Quotes) A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written (Morris Kline Quotes)