Ontology Quotes

54 quotes by 43 authors

Utopia would seem to offer the spectacle of one of those rare phenomena whose concept is indistinguishable from its reality, whose ontology coincides with its… — Fredric Jameson
Brilliant. The Ontology Project is a post-graduate course in card magic. — Jim Steinmeyer
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology. — Deepak Chopra
It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking… — Lance Armstrong
You can't. Do you hear me? You think you've figured something out? You run over here so pleased with yourself because you changed your mind.… — David Auburn
Infinity is a fathomless gulf, into which all things vanish. — Marcus Aurelius
The slicing technique from Flatland still remains one of the most powerful tools for dealing with aggregates in higher dimensions. — Thomas Banchoff
Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams of our ancestors… — Thomas Banchoff
My theory stands as firm as a rock; every arrow directed against it will return quickly to its archer. How do I know this? Because… — Georg Cantor
This view [of the infinite], which I consider to be the sole correct one, is held by only a few. While possibly I am the… — Georg Cantor
The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly being, in Deo,… — Georg Cantor
No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof. — Leonardo da Vinci
My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing… — Augustus De Morgan
Although my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite, since it can… — Rene Descartes
Neither the true nor the false roots are always real; sometimes they are imaginary; that is, while we can always imagine as many roots for… — Rene Descartes
We call infinite that thing whose limits we have not perceived, and so by that word we do not signify what we understand about a… — Rene Descartes
Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small. — Keith Devlin
The increased abstraction in mathematics that took place during the early part of this century was paralleled by a similar trend in the arts. In… — Keith Devlin
I shall devote all my efforts to bring light into the immense obscurity that today reigns in Analysis. It so lacks any plan or system,… — Niels Henrik Abel

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