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Evangelista Torricelli Quotes

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world?
Evangelista Torricelli

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Scientist Quotes
Category:
Italian Scientist Quotes
Date of Birth:
October 15, 1608
Date of Death:
October 25, 1647
Nationality:
Italian
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