It's through science that we prove, but through intuition t… - Henri Poincaré

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It's through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

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Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912), generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science.

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Alternative Names: Jules Henri Poincare • Henri Poincare • Poincare • Jules Henri Poincaré • Poincaré

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Logic remains barren, unless it is fertilized by intuition.

The geometric language is after all only a language. Space is only a word that we have believed a thing.

The essential characteristic of reasoning by recurrence [induction] is that it contains, condensed, so to speak, in a single formula, an infinity of syllogisms.

It's through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. - Henri Poincaré

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