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The word mathematics is a Greek word and, by origin, it means something that has been learned or understood, or perhaps acquired knowledge, or perhaps even, somewhat against grammar, acquirable knowledge, that is,

The word "mathematics" is a Greek word and, by origin, it means "something that has been learned or understood," or perhaps "acquired knowledge," or perhaps even, somewhat against grammar, "acquirable knowledge," that is, "learnable knowledge," that is, "knowledge acquirable by learning."

Salomon Bochner
Knowledge, Mean, Science

What Is Mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer.

Salomon Bochner
Answers, Mathematics, Earnest
Salomon Bochner “Collected Papers of Salomon Bochner”, American Mathematical Soc.

Mathematics is a form of poetry which transcends poetry in that it proclaims a truth; a form of reasoning which transcends reasoning in that it wants to bring about the truth it proclaims; a form of action, of ritual behavior, which does not find fulfilment in the act but must proclaim and elaborate a poetic form of truth.

Salomon Bochner
Truth, Science, Doe
Salomon Bochner “Collected Papers of Salomon Bochner”, American Mathematical Soc.

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