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Galileo Was No Idiot. Only An Idiot Could Believe That Science Requires Martyrdom - That May Be Necessary In Religion, But In Time A Scientific Result Will Establish Itself.

Besides It Is An Error To Believe That Rigour Is The Enemy Of Simplicity. On The Contrary We Find It Confirmed By Numerous Examples That The Rigorous Method Is At The Same Time The Simpler And The More Easily Comprehended. The Very Effort For Rigor Forces Us To Find Out Simpler Methods Of Proof.

Geometry Is The Most Complete Science.

In Mathematics ... We Find Two Tendencies Present. On The One Hand, The Tendency Towards Abstraction Seeks To Crystallise The Logical Relations Inherent In The Maze Of Materials ... Being Studied, And To Correlate The Material In A Systematic And Orderly Manner. On The Other Hand, The Tendency Towards Intuitive Understanding Fosters A More Immediate Grasp Of The Objects One Studies, A Live Rapport With Them, So To Speak, Which Stresses The Concrete Meaning Of Their Relations.

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