Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.

  • -- Simeon Poisson 泊松

人生只有两件事是美好的:发现数学和教授数学。

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

我喜欢数学,因为它不是人类,它与这个星球或整个偶然的宇宙没有什么特别的关系——因为,就像斯宾诺莎笔下的上帝一样,它也不会反过来爱我们。

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。