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> [The introduction of numbers as coordinates is an act of violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/the-introduction-of-numbers-as-coordinates-is-an-act-of-violence/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

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## More by Hermann Weyl

> [For mathematics, even to the logical forms in which it moves, is entirely dependent on the concept of natural number.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/for-mathematics-even-to-the-logical-forms-in-which-it-moves-is/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [Mathematics has the inhuman quality of starlight, brilliant and sharp, but cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/mathematics-has-the-inhuman-quality-of-starlight-brilliant-and-sharp/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [The introduction of numbers as coordinates by reference to the particular division scheme of the open one-dimensional continuum is an act of violence whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/the-introduction-of-numbers-as-coordinates-by-reference-to-the/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [“Our generation is witness to a development of physical knowledge such as has not been seen since the days of Kepler, Galileo and Newton,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/our-generation-is-witness-to-a-development-of-physical-knowledge-such/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [“the problem is then to develop a theory of invariance with respect to arbitrary linear transformations, in which, however, in contra-distinction to the case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/the-problem-is-then-to-develop-a-theory-of-invariance-with-respect-to/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [Before you generalize, formalize, and axiomatize there must be mathematical substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/before-you-generalize-formalize-and-axiomatize-there-must-be/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [The whole is always more, is more capable of a much greater variety of wave states, than the combination of its parts. ... In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/the-whole-is-always-more-is-more-capable-of-a-much-greater-variety-of/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/you-can-not-apply-mathematics-as-long-as-words-still-becloud-reality/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [Not only in geometry, but to a still more astonishing degree in physics, has it become more and more evident that as soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/not-only-in-geometry-but-to-a-still-more-astonishing-degree-in/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [The introduction of numbers as coordinates is an act of violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/the-introduction-of-numbers-as-coordinates-is-an-act-of-violence/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [“The goal of mathematics is the symbolic comprehension of the infinite with human, that is finite, means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/the-goal-of-mathematics-is-the-symbolic-comprehension-of-the-infinite/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [God exists because arithmetic is consistent - the Devil exists because we can't prove it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/god-exists-because-arithmetic-is-consistent-the-devil-exists-because/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [Without the concepts, methods and results found and developed by previous generations right down to Greek antiquity one cannot understand either the aims or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/without-the-concepts-methods-and-results-found-and-developed-by/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [Besides language and music, mathematics is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/besides-language-and-music-mathematics-is-one-of-the-primary/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

> [Our mathematics of the last few decades has wallowed in generalities and formalizations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-weyl/our-mathematics-of-the-last-few-decades-has-wallowed-in-generalities/)

[Hermann Weyl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-weyl/)

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