My special pleasure in mathematics rested particularly on its purely speculative part.

My special pleasure in mathematics rested particularly on its purely speculative part.
BERNARD BOLZANO

Mathematics Pleasure Special
The ingenuity displayed in Euclid’s presentation filled me with such vivid pleasure, that forthwith I felt as well as ever.
BERNARD BOLZANO

Doctrine Euclid Pleasure Presentation
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.
BERNARD BOLZANO

Condition Ease Elements First Found Manner Order Time Treated
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 BOLZANO

Disputes Infinite Possibility

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