To someone who could grasp the Universe from a unified standpoint the entire creation would appear as a unique truth and necessity. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
Geometry, which should only obey Physics, when united with it sometimes commands it. If it happens that the question which we wish to examine… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
One magnitude is said to be the limit of another magnitude when the second may approach the first within any given magnitude, however small,… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
The true system of the World has been recognized, developed and perfected...Everything has been discussed and analysed, or at least mentioned. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit — reptiles and eagles. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
If one looks at all closely at the middle of our own century, the events that occupy us, our customs, our achievements and even… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
In England it was enough that Newton was the greatest mathematican of his century; in France he would have been expected to be agreeable… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
“In effect, what is a courtier? He is a man whom the misfortune of kings and people has placed betwixt the sovereign and truth… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. To a friend hesitant with respect to infinitesimals. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
“Every age, and especially our own, stands in need of a Diogenes ; but the difficulty is in finding men who have the courage… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
![“Geometry, which should only obey Physics, when united with it sometimes commands it. If it happens that the question which we wish to examine is too complicated for all the elements to be able to enter into the analytical comparison we wish to make, we separate the more inconvenient [elements], we…” quote by Jean le Rond d'Alembert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d9/jean-le-rond-d-alembert-26487_able_geometry-which-should-only-obey-physics_6945.jpg)
