In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are an analogy for the intellectual of the future.
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“Mathematical man” (1913), B. Pike and D. Luft, trans., Precision and Soul (1978), p. 42Robert Musil
Musil, Robert
Musset, Alfred de
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