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The subject for which I am asking your attention deals with the foundations of mathematics. To understand the development of the opposing theories existing in this field one must first gain a clear understnding of the concept science for it is as a part of science that mathematics originally took its place in human thought.

L. E. J. Brouwer

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L. E. J. Brouwer
Age: 85 †
Born: 1881
Born: February 27
Died: 1966
Died: December 2
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