Ahmed

“He transformed number from a useful tool into the central principle of life. He called his new philosophy µαθηµατικη (mathematics).”
― William Rankin, Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide

“It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission.”
― Frank Wilczek, The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces

“But I believe that there is no philosophical highroad in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do not find signposts at crossroads, but our own scouts erect them, to help the rest.”
― Max Born

“EPICURUS WROTE, “Empty is that philosopher’s argument by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated. For just as there is no use in a medical art that does not cast out the sicknesses of bodies, so too there is no use in philosophy, unless it casts out the suffering of the soul.”
― Martha Nussbaum