“Those arts which are, to be sure, not finite, as geometry and arithmetic, do not suffer adornment; others, contrarily, are rather subject to division and embellishment, such as astronomy and jurisprudence.” ArtSufferingSubjectsMathematicsAstronomyDivisionFiniteGeometryArithmeticAdornmentEmbellishmentJurisprudence Author:Gerolamo Cardano
“Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the recognition that a fact is so is the cause upon which we base the proof.” MayHardFactsSeemsCausesAcceptingMathematicsProofRecognitionExplanationNeverthelessMathematics By Mathematicians Author:Gerolamo Cardano
“To throw in a fair game at Hazards only three-spots, when something great is at stake, or some business is the hazard, is a natural occurrence and deserves to be so deemed; and even when they come up the same way for a second time if the throw be repeated. If the third and fourth plays are the same, surely there is occasion for suspicion on the part of a prudent man.” IfsMenWayPlayThreeGamesNaturalBusinessDeserveFairsThirdsMathematicsCome UpMathSpotsOccasionsMathematicalStakesFourthSuspicionHazardsPrudentFair Game Author:Gerolamo Cardano
