Civilisation Quote by Voltaire

It is impossible to decide whether a particular detail of the Pythagorean universe was the work of the master, or filled in by a…

— Arthur Koestler

What seems certain is that Pythagoras developed the idea of mathematical logic. He realized that numbers exist independently of the tangible world and therefore…

— Simon Singh

Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical.

— Vanna Bonta

And then there is Pythagoras. The legend is that the founder of theoretical mathematics was so outraged when one of his students, the haplessly…

— Rebecca Goldstein

It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a…

— Bertrand Russell

The seers of ancient India had, in their experiments and efforts at spiritual training and the conquest of the body, perfected a discovery which…

— Sri Aurobindo

He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior…

— Henry David Thoreau

Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed…

— Arthur Koestler

“I want to drink the knowledge of Pythagorus's theorem.”

— Truth Devour

It seems to me that all the evidence points to Apollonius as the founder of Greek mathematical astronomy.

— Otto E. Neugebauer

Astrology had an important role in the ancient world. You can't understand many things unless you know something about astrology - the plays of…

— Steven Pinker

I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc. It does not behoove…

— Voltaire