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For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?

Richard Courant
Philosophy, Science, Sensual
"What is Mathematics?" by Richard Courant, (p. xix), 1941.
For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics?