Mathematics is slow of growth and only reaches the truth by long and devious paths, that the way to its discovery must be prepared for long beforehand, and that then the truth will make its long-deferred appearance as if impelled by some divine necessity.


Cited in Ernst Mach, Popular Scientific Lectures, The Part Played by Accident in Invention and Discovery (p. 280)

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Quotes

Mathematics is slow of growth and only reaches the truth by long and devious paths, that the way to its discovery must be prepared for long...

Mathematics is slow of growth and only reaches the truth by long and devious paths, that the way to its discovery must be prepared for long...

Mathematics is slow of growth and only reaches the truth by long and devious paths, that the way to its discovery must be prepared for long...

Mathematics is slow of growth and only reaches the truth by long and devious paths, that the way to its discovery must be prepared for long...