All these difficulties are but consequences of our refusal to see that mathematics cannot be defined without acknowledging its most obvious feature: namely, that it is interesting.


Personal Knowledge, Chapter 6, Section 10 (p. 188), Harper & Row, Publishers. 1962

Michael Polanyi Quotes

All these difficulties are but consequences of our refusal to see that mathematics cannot be defined without acknowledging its most obvious feature:...

All these difficulties are but consequences of our refusal to see that mathematics cannot be defined without acknowledging its most obvious feature:...

All these difficulties are but consequences of our refusal to see that mathematics cannot be defined without acknowledging its most obvious feature:...

All these difficulties are but consequences of our refusal to see that mathematics cannot be defined without acknowledging its most obvious feature:...