Hippolyte Taine Quote

The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be treated with precision. I have never had more satisfaction than in proving this in the realms of art, politics and history.


Notes made after the completion of the third chapter of Vol. 3 of La Révolution, 22 April 1883


The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be...

The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be...

The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be...

The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be...