Arthur Eddington Quote

Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.


Ch. 15 Science and Mysticism - The Nature of the Physical World (1928)


Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.