Girolamo Cardano: Mind

Girolamo Cardano was Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer. Explore interesting quotes on mind.

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“I have not lost my faith; and this I must attribute more to a miracle than to my own wisdom; more to Divine Providence than to my own virtue. Steadfastly, in fact from my earliest childhood, I have made this my prayer, "Lord God… grant me long life, and wisdom, and health of mind and body."”

Girolamo Cardano

The Book of My Life (1930)

“Since this art surpasses all human subtelty and the perspecuity of mortal talent and is truly a celestial gift and a very clear test of the capacity of man's minds, whoever applies himself to it will believe that there is nothing that he cannot understand.”

Girolamo Cardano

Source: The Great Rules of Algebra (1968), Ch.1 On Double Solutions in Certain Types of Cases

“I am able to admit two distinct trains of thought to my mind at the same time.”

Girolamo Cardano

The Book of My Life (1930), Ch. 13