The principal aim of mathematical education is to develop certain faculties of the mind, and among these intuition is not the least precious. It is through i...

The principal aim of mathematical education is to develop certain faculties of the mind, and among these intuition is not the least precious. It is through it that the mathematical world remains in touch with the real world, and even if pure mathematics could do without it, we should still have to have recourse to it to fill up the gulf that separates the symbol from reality.

quote by Henri Poincare
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
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