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irrational
«The transfinite numbers are in a certain sense themselves new irrationalities and in fact in my opinion the best method of defining the finite irrational numbers is wholly disimilar to, and I might even say in priciple the same as, my method described above of introducing trasfinite numbers. One can say unconditionally: the transfinite numbers stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers; they are like each other in their innermost being; for the former like the latter are definite delimited forms or modifications of the actual infinite.»
Author: Georg Cantor
| About:
Infinity,
Mathematics
| Keywords:
delimited, finite, Finite number, infinite number, introducing, irrational, modification, modifications, unconditionally
«The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from»
Author: Joanna Baillie
| About:
Bravery
| Keywords:
bravely, dares, irrational, No Fear, shrinks, subdues
«Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.»
Author: Lisa Hoffman
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
All For Love, all important, Be Love, important, irrational, is, like, love, natural, naturals, very
«Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words»
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
(Author, Critic, Novelist)
| About:
Poetry
| Keywords:
involves, irrational, mysteries, perceived, rational
«Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
date from, dating, defines, humans, irrational, lotteries, phenomenally, principle, pursuit, unlikely, willingness
«Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
defines, humans, irrational, phenomenally, pursuit, unlikely, willingness
«Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Patriotism
| Keywords:
fever, fierce, headless, hen, hens, irrational, patriotism, pitiless, The Grave
«Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul, to grasp with tiny finger -- to let fall a tear; And, as the heavy cloud of sleep dissolves, To stretch his limbs, becoming, as might seem. The outward functions of intelligent man.»