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"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform."
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"A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener."

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"It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones."

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"The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man, therefore increase your necessity."

"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform."
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"Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities."

"In the Second World War he took no public part, having escaped to a neutral country just before its outbreak. In private conversation he was wont to say that homicidal lunatics were well employed in killing each other, but that sensible men would keep out of their way while they were doing it. Fortunately this outlook, which is reminiscent of Bentham, has become rare in this age, which recognizes that heroism has a value independent of its utility. The Last Survivor of a Dead Epoch."

"Mathematics possesses not only truth but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere like that of a sculpture."

"Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept."

"We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought."
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