Bernard Bolzano on ease
Bernard Bolzano3 quotes“In order to ease my condition I took up Euclid’s Elements and read for the first time his doctrine of ratio, which I found treated there in a manner entirely new to me.”
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Even in the realm of things which do not claim actuality, and do not even claim possibility, there exist beyond dispute sets which are infinite.
Bernard BolzanoBernard Bolzano The ingenuity displayed in Euclid’s presentation filled me with such vivid pleasure, that forthwith I felt as well as ever.
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A meditative mind is at ease because it’s not trying to acquire anything.
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