"Euclid manages to obtain a rigorous proof without ever dealing with infinity, by reducing the problem [of the infinitude of primes] to the study of finite numbers. This is exactly what contemporary mathematical analysis does."

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Source : "The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn". Book by Lucio Russo, 2004.

Lucio Russo

#Finite Number Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Language, as we know, is full of illogicalities.”
“I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed.”
“Most of you are so young you dont know who I am, and thats good.”
“Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when youâ€™re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful!”

Source : Joe McNally (2008). “The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters”, p.100, Pearson Education
“Age's terms of peace, after the long interlude of war with life, have still to be concluded-Youth must keep decently away-so many old wounds may have to be unbound, and old scars pointed to with pride, to prove to ourselves we have been brave and noble.”
“Forget love. Try good manners.”

Source : Rebecca Wells (2009). “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: Novel, A”, p.26, Harper Collins
“Life as an end is qualitatively different from life as a means.”
“. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.”

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