4 Rene Descartes Quotes on Mathematics

Rene Descartes quotes on mathematics

26. If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that alone, by reasons entirely mathematical and certain, deduce the whole conformation and figure of each of its members, and, conversely if we knew several peculiarities of this conformation, we would from those deduce the nature of its seed.

35. Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.

36. Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

37. The long concatenations of simple and easy reasoning which geometricians use in achieving their most difficult demonstrations gave me occasion to imagine that all matters which may enter the human mind were interrelated in the same fashion.