Henri Lebesgue quotes

Henri Lebesgue quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.”
-- Henri Lebesgue

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“The only teaching that a professor can give, in my opinion, is that of thinking in front of his students.”
-- Henri Lebesgue

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“... if one were to refuse to have direct, geometric, intuitive insights, if one were reduced to pure logic, which does not permit a choice among every thing that is exact, one would hardly think of many questions, and certain notions ... would escape us completely.”
-- Henri Lebesgue

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“Mathematicians have never been in full agreement on their science, though it is said to be the science of self-evident verities -- absolute, indisputable and definitive. They have always been in controversy over developing aspects of mathematics, and they have always considered their own age to be in a period of crisis.”
-- Henri Lebesgue

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