Quote by Hermann Hesse

You treat world history as a mathematician does mathematics, in which nothing but laws and formulas exist, no reality, no good and evil, no time, no yesterday, no tomorrow, nothing but an eternal, shallow, mathematical present.

You treat world history as a mathematician does mathematics,

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This quote highlights the criticism towards the approach of understanding world history solely through the lens of mathematics. It implies that by reducing history to abstractions and formulas, this viewpoint disregards the complex and nuanced aspects of reality, such as morality, the passage of time, and the existence of good and evil. The quote contends that this mathematical perspective portrays a superficial understanding of the world, detached from its true essence.

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