Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

数学可以被定义为这样一门学科:我们永远不知道自己在说什么,也不知道自己所说的是否属实。

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I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account.

我终于得出结论,数学是我最适合从事的研究,尽管我不清楚该用什么方法来解释这个问题。

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

熟悉数和量的概念并不是数学的本质。