It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding.
的确,人们中间流行着一种奇怪的观点,即房屋、山脉、河流,总之,所有感知对象,都具有超越其被理解感知之外的自然或真实存在。
成功的真正标准是影响力,而不是荣誉。
代数簇的算术证明了抽象思维的力量。