I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting ...

I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad.

quote by Alfred North Whitehead
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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