Robert Musil Quote

Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave of the machine.


The Man Without Qualities: A sort of introduction. The like of it now happens (I) (ed. 1953)


Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave of the machine.

Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave of the machine.

Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave of the machine.

Mathematics is the source of a wicked intellect that, while making man the lord of the earth, also makes him the slave of the machine.