To prove a theorem is to participate in the ongoing creation... - Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan

This quote is attributed to Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan.

"To prove a theorem is to participate in the ongoing creation of meaning itself."

Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan Philosophy

Mathematician-Philosopher Dutch 1881–1966

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