Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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And yet it moves.
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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