I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematica…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly say, Oh, I see. That's how it must be. This is a sign that they explain it to themselves from within their own system.
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I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly say, Oh, I see. That's how it must be. This is a sign that they explain it to themselves from within their own system.

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