Better Things Blog by Memoria College · Apr 16, 2026
Mathematics: Key to the Soul
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The mathematician Israel Gelfand once said: “The most important thing a student can get from the study of mathematics is the attainment of a higher intellectual level.”1 We might twist this slightly to say that “the most important thing a human being can get from the study of mathematics is an understanding of oneself as developing intellectually”.

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