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"Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred."
- Koestler, Arthur

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/25706">Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4102/">Koestler, Arthur</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/subject/mathematics/">Mathematics</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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