Of all branches of human knowledge, there is none which, like it [geometry], has sprung as a completely armed Minerva from the head of Jupiter; none before whose death-dealing Aegis doubt and inconsistency have so little dared to raise their eyes.


Translated by E. Atkinson, Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects 2nd series

Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes

Of all branches of human knowledge, there is none which, like it [geometry], has sprung as a completely armed Minerva from the head of Jupiter; none...

Of all branches of human knowledge, there is none which, like it [geometry], has sprung as a completely armed Minerva from the head of Jupiter; none...

Of all branches of human knowledge, there is none which, like it [geometry], has sprung as a completely armed Minerva from the head of Jupiter; none...

Of all branches of human knowledge, there is none which, like it [geometry], has sprung as a completely armed Minerva from the head of Jupiter; none...