Plato Quotes About Mathematics
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Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people.
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He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.
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I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.
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The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.
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Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.
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He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.
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The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.
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The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.
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There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them.
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Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here.
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
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