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- Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are…
- For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?
- Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are…
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- There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. — Robert Ballard
- Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist, the only… — Annie Besant
- The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter, according to… — Annie Besant
- Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity… — Ambrose Bierce
- Active Evil is better than Passive Good. — William Blake
- I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm… — Andrea Bocelli
- The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting… — Daniel J. Boorstin
- As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a… — Allen Boyd