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The establishment of a close connection between algebra and geometry was, in the mind of Descartes, a part of his search for a universal mathematical science which was to be only the prelude of a universal science of an all-embracing character. It grew out of a love of truth for its own sake. In geometry we seem to have emphasized this motive. R.D. Carmichael, “Motives for the Cultivation of Mathematics,” p. 186, Scientific Monthly, Sep’50
RBF has written in margin of above:
“Extrapolated into structure it must induce this love upon its environmentally augmented beings.”
