Mathematics as an expressio... by Richard Courant, a German Mathematician

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“Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.”

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Name: Richard Courant

Nationality: German

Date of Birth: Jan 8, 1888

Date of Death: Jan 27, 1972

Profession: Mathematician

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Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.

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For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?

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