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Quotes by Carl Jacobi

The real end of science is the honor of the human mind.

Carl Jacobi
Source: H. Eves In Mathematical Circles, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1969.
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One should always generalize. (Man muss immer generalisieren)

Carl Jacobi
Source: P. Davis and R. Hersh The Mathematical Experience, Boston: Birkhäuser, 1981.
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Mathematics is the science of what is clear by itself.

Carl Jacobi
Source: J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956.
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It is true that Fourier had the opinion that the principal aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomena; but a philosopher like him should have known that the sole end of science is the honor of the human mind, and that under this title a question about numbers is worth as much as a question about the system of the world.

Carl Jacobi
Source: N. Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC:Rome Press Inc., 1988.
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It is often more convenient to possess the ashes of great men than to possess the men themselves during their lifetime. [Commenting on the return of Descartes' remains to France]

Carl Jacobi
Source: H. Eves Mathematical Circles Adieu, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1977.
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God ever arithmetizes.

Carl Jacobi
Source: H. Eves Mathematical Circles Revisited, Boston: Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1971.
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