Quote#Science & Reason
For the mathematician the important consideration is that the…
Quote byThomas Little Heath · 1861–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A History of Greek Mathematics (1921) Vol. 1. From Thales to Euclid.
English (original)
For the mathematician the important consideration is that the foundations of mathematics and a great portion of its content are Greek. The Greeks laid down the first principles, invented the methods ab initio, and fixed the terminology. Mathematics in short is a Greek science, whatever new developments modern analysis has brought or may bring.
— Thomas Little Heath
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