Quotes with propositions

  • Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been so long regarded as being the physical space of our experience.

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  • W. H. Auden Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • William Shakespeare It is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the propositions of a lover.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Walt Whitman Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Blaise Pascal Memory, joy, are intuitions; and even mathematical propositions become intuitions, for education produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Arthur Cayley Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been so long regarded as being the physical space of our experience.
    Arthur Cayley
    British mathematician (1821 - 1895)
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  • Anish Kapoor One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every day, spend one's life making aesthetic propositions. What an immense luxury.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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