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One rather curious conclusion emerges, that pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. ... For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.
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― A Mathematician's Apology
― A Mathematician's Apology
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It might seem that the empirical philosopher is the slave of his material, but that the pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered beauty.
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― A History of Western Philosophy
― A History of Western Philosophy
