[HM] Goethe's Remark

Michael Beaney (michael.beaney@man.ac.uk)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:59:22 +0000

I remember coming across this remark before, but does anyone know
the precise reference?

> Goethe remarked that "Mathematicians are like Frenchmen; they translate
> anything you say into their own language, whereupon it means something
> completely different," and this is their proper business.

Mike Beaney
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