Tobias Dantzig Quotes

They [the Mathematicians Of The Enlightenment] Defined Their Terms Vaguely And Used Their Methods Loosely, And The Logic Of Their Arguments Was Made To Fit The Dictates Of Their Intuition. In Short, They Broke All The Laws Of Rigor And Of Mathematical Decorum. The Veritable Orgy Which Followed The Introduction Of The Infinitesimals ... Was But A Natural Reaction. Intuition Had Too Long Been Held Imprisoned By The Severe Rigor Of The Greeks. Now It Broke Loose, And There Were No Euclids To Keep Its Romantic Flight In Check.

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