Honor the extraordinary legacy of Gottlob Frege on November 8 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on German Mathematician, Logician & Father of Analytic Philosophy.
“Every good mathematician is at least half a philosopher, and every good philosopher is at least half a mathematician.”
“Never ask for the meaning of a word in isolation, but only in the context of a sentence.”
“Logic is the science of the most general laws of truth.”
“An idea in the mind is subjective; truth is objective and independent of human thinking.”
“A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundation give way just as the work is finished.”
“A concept is like a function whose value is always a truth-value.”
“To know the truth is to grasp thoughts that are timeless and unchanging.”
“Do not confuse mental images with logical concepts; concepts are universal, images are fleeting.”
“Precision in language is the only weapon we possess to dismantle ideological illusions.”
“The laws of logic are boundary stones set in an eternal bedrock.”
