He transformed number from a useful tool into the central principle of life. He called his new philosophy µαθηµατικη (mathematics).
“Pythagoras was a combination of Einstein and the Maharishi.”
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
― Introducing Newton: A Graphic Guide
“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.”
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“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
“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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