I Confess That Fermat's Theorem As An Isolated Proposition Has Very Little Interest For Me, Because I Could Easily Lay Down A Multitude Of Such Propositions, Which One Could Neither Prove Nor Dispose Of.

-Carl Friedrich Gauss

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I Confess That Fermat's Theorem As An

Carl Friedrich Gauss

I Confess That Fermat's Theorem As An Isolated Proposition Has Very Little Interest For Me, Because I Could Easily Lay Down A Multitude Of Such Propositions, Which One Could Neither Prove Nor Dispose Of.

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Mathematical

There Are Problems To Whose Solution I Would Attach An Infinitely Greater Importance Than To Those Of Mathematics, For Example Touching Ethics, Or Our Relation To God, Or Concerning Our Destiny And Our Future; But Their Solution Lies Wholly Beyond Us And Completely Outside The Province Of Science.

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