I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.

Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss

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I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent...

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but...

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into...

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into...

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet...

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet...

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in...

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in...

God does arithmetic.

God does arithmetic.

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work......

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work......

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be...

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says...

When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds,...

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but...

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but...

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know...

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of...

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of...

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in...