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We shall content ourselves with the remark that if mathematics (as is asserted with sufficient reason) only make straight the minds which are without bias, so they only dry up and chill the minds already prepared for this operation by nature.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Nothing is more incontestable than the existence of our sensations

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

The true system of the World has been recognized, developed and perfected...Everything has been discussed and analyzed, or at least mentioned.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Algebra is generous, she often gives more than is asked of her.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

To some one who could grasp the universe from a unified standpoint, the entire creation would appear as a unique truth and necessity.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

To someone who could grasp the universe from one unified viewpoint, the entire creation would appear as a unique fact and a great truth.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Geometrical truths are in a way asymptotes to physical truths, that is to say, the latter approach the former indefinitely near without ever reaching them exactly.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

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Born: November 16, 1717

Died: October 29, 1783 (aged 65)

Bio: Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie.

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Encyclopédie (1751)

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