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Farkas Bolyai
(9 Feb 1775 - 20 Nov 1856)
Hungarian mathematician, poet and dramatist who was a friend and lifelong correspondent of Gauss. He was the father of János Bolyai.
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Science Quotes by Farkas Bolyai (4)
Detest it as lewd intercourse, it can deprive you of all your leisure, your health, your rest, and the whole happiness of your life.
Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.
Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.
— Farkas Bolyai
Letter (1820), to his son, János Bolyai. Translation as in Dirk Jan Struik, A concise history of mathematics (2nd Ed., 1948), 253.
See also: | Deprive (2) | Detest (2) | Euclid (19) | Happiness (26) | Health (61) | Leisure (3) | Life (155) | Parallel (5) | Postulate (7) | Rest (7)
Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.
Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.
Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.
— Farkas Bolyai
Letter (4 Apr 1820), to his son, János Bolyai. In J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson, 'Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai' (Mar 2004), web article in MacTutor..
See also: | Discouragement (3) | Euclid (19) | Joy (8) | Life (155) | Light (39) | Night (7) | Parallel (5)
For God's sake, please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion, because it, too, may take up all your time and deprive you of your health, peace of mind and happiness in life.
Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.
Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.
— Farkas Bolyai
Letter (1820) to his son, János Bolyai. Translation as in Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh, The Mathematical Experience (1981), 220. In Bill Swainson, Encarta Book of Quotations (2000), 124.
See also: | Deprive (2) | Discouragement (3) | Discouragement (3) | Euclid (19) | Fear (24) | Happiness (26) | Health (61) | Mind (116) | Parallel (5) | Passion (9) | Peace (5) | Postulate (7) | Time (55)
The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses …
— Farkas Bolyai
Kurzer Grundriss eines Versuchs (1851), 44. In Robert Édouard Moritz, Memorabilia Mathematica; Or, The Philomath's Quotation-book (1914), 158.
See also: | Abyss (2) | Embrace (3) | Carl Friedrich Gauss (52) | Giant (3) | Height (2) | Mathematician (66) | Star (55) | View (4)
