“Music trains the mind, like mathematics, or logic, to precision of mind.”
Guy Gavriel Kay book Tigana
Source: Tigana (1990), Chapter 4 (p. 77)
“Everything is so arranged that the blind logic of mathematics executes the will of the most enlightened and free Mind.”
Les Loix du Mouvement et du Repos, déduites d'un Principe Métaphysique (1746)
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French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters 1698–1759Related quotes
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“Without mathematics, we are blind.”
Alain Badiou (1937) French writer and philosopher
Original French: Hors les mathématiques, nous sommes aveugles.
From Court traité d'ontologie transitoire. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1998. ISBN 2020348853.
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist
As quoted in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970 - 1990) edited by M Steck.
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