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Jean Cavailles Quotes on Knowledge

Jean Cavailles was a French philosopher of mathematics and a hero of the French Resistance. This page collects quotes attributed to Jean Cavailles on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Jean Cavailles:

    “What is needed is not a philosophy of consciousness but a philosophy of the concept.”

  • Attributed to Jean Cavailles:

    “Mathematics moves by its own internal necessity.”

  • Attributed to Jean Cavailles:

    “Each theory carries within it the seeds of its own development.”

  • Attributed to Jean Cavailles:

    “The history of science is part of philosophy itself.”