Boethius Quote

In the science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and other mysteries which there are in the properties of numbers. All sciences partake of it, and it has need of none.

In: J Fauvel and J Gray, The History of Mathematics: A Reader

In the science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and...

In the science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and...

In the science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and...

In the science of numbers ought to be preferred as an acquisition before all others, because of its necessity and because of the great secrets and...