Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable — Norbert Wiener
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Mathematics, which most of us see as the most factual of all sciences, constitutes the most colossal metaphor imaginable, and must be judged, aesthetically as well as intellectually in terms of the success of this metaphor.

— Norbert Wiener
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