The Greatest Mathematicians, As Archimedes, Newton, And

Mathematics In General Is Fundamentally The Science Of Self-evident Things.

The Presentation Of Mathematics In Schools Should Be Psychological And Not Systematic. The Teacher, So To Speak, Should Be A Diplomat. He Must Take Account Of The Psychic Processes In The Boy In Order To Grip His Interest, And He Will Succeed Only If He Presents Things In A Form Intuitively Comprehensible. A More Abstract Presentation Is Only Possible In The Upper Classes.

Every One Who Understands The Subject Will Agree That Even The Basis On Which The Scientific Explanation Of Nature Rests Is Intelligible Only To Those Who Have Learned At Least The Elements Of The Differential And Integral Calculus, As Well As Analytical Geometry.

The Developing Science Departs At The Same Time More And More From Its Original Scope And Purpose And Threatens To Sacrifice Its Earlier Unity And Split Into Diverse Branches.

Everyone Knows What A Curve Is, Until He Has Studied Enough Mathematics To Become Confused Through The Countless Number Of Possible Exceptions.