“It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.” MenMayCertainMathematicsFaultsMereBeing TrueOccupationMathematicianExclusiveShortcomings Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“No contradictions will arise as long as Finite Man does not mistake the infinite for something fixed, as long as he is not led by an acquired habit of mind to regard the infinite as something bounded.” MenMindLongDoeMistakeHabitInfiniteRegardAriseFixedContradictionFiniteHabits Of Mind Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again; the never-satisfied man is so strange if he has completed a structure, then it is not in order to dwell in it peacefully,but in order to begin another. I imagine the world conqueror must feel thus, who, after one kingdom is scarcely conquered, stretches out his arms for others.” IfsMenWorldFeelsScienceOrderTurnsKnowledgeDarknessLearningImagineSubjectsStrangeArmsStructurePossessionSatisfiedKingdomsEnjoymentGrantsExhaustedConquerorGreat Math Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“Does the pursuit of truth give you as much pleasure as before? Surely it is not the knowing but the learning, not the possessing but the acquiring, not the being-there but the getting there that afford the greatest satisfaction. If I have exhausted something, I leave it in order to go again into the dark. Thus is that insatiable man so strange: when he has completed a structure it is not in order to dwell in it comfortably, but to start another.” IfsMenGivingDoeOrderDarkPleasureKnowingStrangeExperienceStructureSatisfactionPursuitExhaustedBeing TherePossessingInsatiable Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men... succeeds nevertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of [number theory], then without doubt she must have the noblest courage, quite extraordinary talents and superior genius.” MenPersonsSexFreedomNumbersLibertyDoubtTalentTheoryGeniusSucceedDifficultyPrejudiceExtraordinaryObstaclesSuperiorsEncountersCustomsNeverthelessObscureSophie Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
