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Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983)

Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power seems never to have occurred.

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The Sleepwalkers, 1959

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