No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.

Quote by David Hilbert

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The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the...

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the...

If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question...

If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question...

The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.

The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

No one shall expel us from the paradise that Cantor has created for us.

No one shall expel us from the paradise that Cantor has created for us.

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in...

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in...

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that...

Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that...

A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so...

A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so...

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and...

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and...

He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the...

He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the...

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications...

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications...

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned...

Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned...

The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction...

The further a mathematical theory is developed, the more harmoniously and uniformly does its construction...