I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.
My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.
At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life.
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
My father taught only math.