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We Must Admit With Humility That, While Number Is Purely A Product Of Our Minds, Space Has A Reality Outside Our Minds, So That We Cannot Completely Prescribe Its Properties A Priori.
-Carl Friedrich Gauss
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We Must Admit With Humility That, While

Carl Friedrich Gauss
We Must Admit With Humility That, While Number Is Purely A Product Of Our Minds, Space Has A Reality Outside Our Minds, So That We Cannot Completely Prescribe Its Properties A Priori.
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