Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twentyfive centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred.


The Sleepwalkers (1959)

Arthur Koestler Quotes

Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twentyfive centuries later, Europe is still...

Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twentyfive centuries later, Europe is still...

Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twentyfive centuries later, Europe is still...

Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twentyfive centuries later, Europe is still...