The Geometer Has The Special Privilege To Carry Out, By Abstraction, All Constructions By Means Of The Intellect. Who, Then, Would Wish To Prevent Me From Freely Considering Figures Hanging On A Balance Imagined To Be At An Infinite Distance Beyond The Confines Of The World?

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world?

Evangelista Torricelli

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Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature.

Evangelista Torricelli

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