Form Quote by Plato Download Open image “The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.” — Plato ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Form Mathematics Philosophy of Mind
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Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician. — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
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Mathematics is nothing more, nothing less, than the exact part of our thinking. — L. E. J. Brouwer Copy Share Image
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Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share Image
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to… — Plato Copy Share Image
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share Image
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share Image
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