Accounts Quote by Aristotle

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of the infinite in the direction of increase, in the…

— Aristotle

Mathematics as we know it and as it has come to shape modern science could never have come into being without some disregard for…

— David Bressoud

The infinite in mathematics is alway unruly unless it is properly treated.

— James Newman

The infinite in mathematics is always unruly unless it is properly treated.

— Edward Kasner

“In a way, mathematics is the only infinite human activity. It is conceivable that humanity could eventually learn everything in physics or biology. But…

— Paul Erdős

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

— Voltaire

“Strange department, this. Their motto was: "The comprehension of Infinity requires infinite time." I did not argue with that, but then they derived an…

— Arkady Strugatsky

The difficulties in the study of the infinite arise because we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those…

— Galileo Galilei

Mathematics has been called the science of the infinite. Indeed, the mathematician invents finite constructions by which questions are decided that by their very…

— Hermann Weyl

If you reject the infinite, you are stuck with the finite, and the finite is parochial... the best explanation of anything eventually involves universality,…

— David Deutsch

Mathematics is, in many ways, the most precious response that the human spirit has made to the call of the infinite.

— Cassius Jackson Keyser

“Mathematicians are finite, flawed beings who spend their lives trying to understand the infinite and perfect.”

— Bruce Schechter