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Buckeye_Democrat

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38. #40 in your reply.

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 02:40 PM

Aug 2016

This, then, is a very serious evil, and because of it one should warn off anyone who would embark upon the study of those mathematical sciences. For even though they do not pertain to the domain of religion, yet, since they are among the primary elements of the philosophers’ sciences, the student of mathematics will be insidiously affected by the sinister mischief of the philosophers. Rare, therefore, are those who study mathematics without losing their religion and throwing off the restraint of piety.

Seems like Tyson hit the nail on the head to me.

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