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Bloody mathematics

Aucune morale ni aucun effort ne sont a priori justifiables devant les sanglantes mathématiques qui ordonnent notre condition.

No ethical systems are self-evidently justified, nor any of our exertions, in the face of the bloody mathematics that control our situation.

Albert Camus,  Le mythe de Sisyphe

Author steinsaltzPosted on April 21, 2013April 27, 2013Format QuoteCategories UncategorizedTags mathematics, philosophyLeave a comment on Bloody mathematics

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