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Quotes from The Great Rules of Algebra — Gerolamo Cardano

1501–1576 Italy

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For as positio refers to a line, quadratum to the surface, and cubum to a solid body, it would be very foolish for us to go beyond this point. Nature does no permit it.

The Great Rules of Algebra (1968)

Since this art surpasses all human subtelty and the perspecuity of mortal talent and is truly a celestial gift and a very clear test of the capacity of man's minds, whoever applies himself to it will believe that there is nothing that he cannot understand.

The Great Rules of Algebra (1968)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gerolamo Cardano (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.