Authors:
Topics:
Quotes › Voltaire

Voltaire Quotes About Mathematics

We have collected for you the TOP of Voltaire's best quotes about Mathematics! Here are collected all the quotes about Mathematics starting from the birthday of the Writer – November 21, 1694! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 2 sayings of Voltaire about Mathematics. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!

  • There are no sects in geometry.

    →
    Voltaire
    Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.131, Penguin

  • There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics. ... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer.

    →
    Voltaire
    Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.1187, e-artnow

  • He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain.

    →
    Voltaire

  • There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

    →
    Voltaire
    Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.1187, e-artnow

  • When we cannot use the compass of mathematics or the torch of experience...it is certain we cannot take a single step forward.

    →
    Voltaire
Page of
Did you find Voltaire's interesting saying about Mathematics? We will be glad if you share the quote with your friends on social networks! This page contains Writer quotes from Writer Voltaire about Mathematics collected since November 21, 1694! Come back to us again – we are constantly replenishing our collection of quotes so that you can always find inspiration by reading a quote from one or another author!
You May Also Like:
Thomas Hobbes
Stendhal
Adam Smith
David Hume
Friedrich Nietzsche
Moliere
Immanuel Kant
Baron de Montesquieu

Voltaire

  • Born: November 21, 1694
  • Died: May 30, 1778
  • Occupation: Writer
2 Quotes

Related Authors

Popular Topics