Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no …

Charles Sanders Peirce
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Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1933). Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce: Exact logic (Published papers).. The Simplest mathematics, Harvard University Press
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Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1933). Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce: Exact logic (Published papers).. The Simplest mathematics, Harvard University Press

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