Century Quote by Willard Van Orman Quine

As I considered the matter carefully it gradually came to light that all those matters only were referred to mathematics in which order and…

— Rene Descartes

“Universalism is a corruption of objectivity. Whereas objectivity is achieved from particular things, universalism claims to define particularity from an abstract notion posed arbitrarily.”

— Alain de Benoist

Among mathematicians in general, three main categories may be distinguished; and perhaps the names logicians, formalists, and intuitionists may serve to characterize them.

— Felix Klein

There are different interpretations of the problem of universals. I understand it as the problem of giving the truthmakers of propositions to the effect…

— Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

Mathematics is universal. It's discovered by human beings, but the rules of mathematics are the same throughout the universe and the laws of the…

— Paul Davies

Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

The standard "foundation" for mathematics starts with sets and their elements. It is possible to start differently, by axiomatising not elements of sets but…

— Saunders Mac Lane

“Earlier traditions usually formulated their theories in terms of stories. Modern science uses mathematics. There”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Earlier traditions usually formulated their theories in terms of stories. Modern science uses mathematics”

— Yuval Noah Harari

Conventions of generality and mathematical elegance may be just as much barriers to the attainment and diffusion of knowledge as may contentment with particularity…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

For quite a while I have set for myself the rule if a theoretician says 'universal' it just means pure nonsense.

— Wolfgang Pauli

“Gut?” “General Unified Theory.” Kohler quipped. “The theory of everything.”

— Dan Brown