As for mathematicians themselves: don't expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such challenges. And anyway, they are not competent. After all, they are just mathematicians-what we need is… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
As for mathematicians themselves: don't expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
Put a man on the brink of the abyss and - in the unlikely event that she doesn't fall into it - he will… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
We live in a world with huge repositories of logic and even greater such of information-but, alas, so little wisdom. — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Take my story as a cautionary tale, a narrative argument against ready-made solutions. It tells you that applying formulas is not good enough -… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Actually, we were at the other extreme from giants: we had become dwarfs! And I mean this quite literally. For, often, the right way… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“The things that cannot be talked about logically are the only ones which are truly important.” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Well, the Dean has asked me to speak on "The Role of Logic in Human Affairs". Of course, if I take the injunction literally… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“when Logic congeals into all-encompassing and perfect-seeming theories, then it can actually become a very evil con trick. Wittgenstein has a point, you see:… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image