It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
Interpretation
Mathematics transcends mere numbers and quantities, embodying deeper concepts and ideas.
This quote by George Boole suggests that mathematics is not limited to the study of numbers and quantities, but instead encompasses a broader scope of ideas, principles, and relationships. It emphasizes that mathematics involves logical reasoning, structures, and abstract thought, which can be applied beyond the confines of numerical interpretation.
In practice
A teacher explaining the nature of mathematics in a seminar.
To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind.
No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.
Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous.
I am convinced that when a man sincerely searches for God with all his heart, God will reveal Himself in some way.
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.
When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.
While all doctors treat diseases, neurosurgeons' work is the crucible of identity. Every operation on the brain is, by necessity, a manipulation of the substance of our selves.
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