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Alas, the spheres of truth are less transparent than those of
illusion.
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The subject for which I am asking your attention deals with the foundations of mathematics. To understand the development of the opposing theories existing in this field one must first gain a clear understnding of the concept "science"; for it is as a part of science that mathematics originally took its place in human thought.
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L. E. J. Brouwer
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Born:
February 27, 1881
Died:
December 2, 1966
(aged 85)
Bio:
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer ForMemRS, usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis.
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