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... mind until finally we have the awful feeling that there is no choice or freedom left . No more playing with mathematics , but rather math- ematics playing with a human mind and using it to the limit . That is how genius looks when we ...
... mind until finally we have the awful feeling that there is no choice or freedom left . No more playing with mathematics , but rather math- ematics playing with a human mind and using it to the limit . That is how genius looks when we ...
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... minds were preternaturally acute but only in the straitest region . Such scientists will continue to exist , but science ... mind that there are of necessity mediocre men a good many of them in every field . There is however an important ...
... minds were preternaturally acute but only in the straitest region . Such scientists will continue to exist , but science ... mind that there are of necessity mediocre men a good many of them in every field . There is however an important ...
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... mind and which is or should be the stuff of history . For in the long run the saints will defeat the sinners ; they may die in the struggle but will share in the vic- tory ( remember my first parable ) . - In the long run , generous ...
... mind and which is or should be the stuff of history . For in the long run the saints will defeat the sinners ; they may die in the struggle but will share in the vic- tory ( remember my first parable ) . - In the long run , generous ...
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