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He transformed number from a useful tool into the central principle of life. He called his new philosophy µαθηµατικη (mathematics).
“But we should search for the strange and surprising in the world, not within ourselves! To search within, to think so long and hard about our own selves, would only make us unhappy”
― The White Castle
― The White Castle
“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.”
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“My advice to those who wish to learn the art of scientific prophecy is not to rely on abstract reason, but to decipher the secret language of Nature from Nature's documents, the facts of experience.”
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“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”
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God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”
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“Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only "pseudo problems," because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless.”
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Ahmed’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ahmed’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
5,557 books
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66 friends
0 books
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1 friend
179 books
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15 friends
497 books
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115 friends
102 books
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7 friends
Favorite Genres
Art, Children's, Classics, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, and Science fiction
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