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Hans Freudenthal on Space

1905–1990 Germany

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Space and the bodies around us are early mental objects... Name-giving is a first step towards consciousness.

Mathematics as an Educational Task (1973)

Geometry is grasping space. And since it is about the education of children, it is grasping that space in which the child lives, breathes and moves. The space that the child must learn to know, explore, conquer, in order to live, breathe and move better in it.

Mathematics as an Educational Task (1973)

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