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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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"We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori."
— Carl Friedrich Gauss

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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori. — Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Carl Friedrich Gauss was a Mathematician from Confederation of the Rhine (1777–1855).

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Who said "We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds…"?
This quote is attributed to Carl Friedrich Gauss, a Mathematician from Confederation of the Rhine.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss lived from 1777 – 1855.