How Is Error Possible In Mathematics?

Tolstoi Explains Somewhere In His Writings Why, In His Opinion, “science For Science's Sake” Is An Absurd Conception. We Cannot Know All The Facts, Since They Are Practically Infinite In Number. We Must Make A Selection. Is It Not Better To Be Guided By Utility, By Our Practical, And More Especially Our Moral, Necessities?

[t]he Different Branches Of Arithmetic - Ambition [g]eometry Is Not True, It Is Advantageous.

Doubting Everything And Believing Everything Are Two Equally Convenient Solutions That Guard Us From Having To Think

It Is Far Better To Foresee Even Without Certainty Than Not To Foresee At All.

It Is A Misfortune For A Science To Be Born Too Late When The Means Of Observation Have Become Too Perfect. That Is What Is Happening At This Moment With Respect To Physical Chemistry; The Founders Are Hampered In Their General Grasp By Third And Fourth Decimal Places.