Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise

From	"Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	sci.math
Subject	Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise
Date	2018-05-15 19:54 -0500
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On 5/15/2018 2:41 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@hs-augsburg.de> wrote:
>> Am Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018 08:57:42 UTC+2 schrieb Alan Mackenzie:
>>> David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> Martin Shobe and Wolfgang Mueckenheim each gave slightly different
>>>> translations of a quote from Hilbert:
> 
>>>> Shobe:
>>>>   This theory is, I think, the finest product of mathematical genius and
>>>>   one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity.
> 
>>>> Mueckenheim:
>>>>   this appears to me as the most admirable blossom of mathematical
>>>>   spirit and really one of the supreme achievements of purely
>>>>   intellectual human activity.
> 
>>> How about quoting the original, so that we can make up our own minds?
>>> :-)
> 
>> diese erscheint mir aIs die bewundernswerteste Blüte mathematischen
>> Geistes und überhaupt eine der höchsten Leistungen rein
>> verstandesmäßiger menschlicher Tatigkeit.
> 
> I would go with WM's translation as the more accurate; it's practically a
> word for word translation.

That doesn't necessarily make it more accurate.

Martin Shobe

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Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-12 13:26 -0700
  Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-12 20:24 -0500
    Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-13 14:59 -0700
      Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 20:22 -0500
        Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@hs-augsburg.de> - 2018-05-14 00:54 -0700
          Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-14 19:17 -0500
          Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-14 21:00 -0700
            Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2018-05-15 06:57 +0000
              Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@hs-augsburg.de> - 2018-05-15 06:04 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2018-05-15 19:41 +0000
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-15 19:54 -0500
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise Python <python@python.invalid> - 2018-05-16 03:04 +0200
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-16 17:53 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2018-05-16 20:44 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2018-05-17 18:32 +0000
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-18 21:56 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2018-05-20 18:54 +0000
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-20 12:13 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise bursejan@gmail.com - 2018-05-20 14:15 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise bursejan@gmail.com - 2018-05-20 14:21 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise bursejan@gmail.com - 2018-05-20 14:26 -0700
              Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise FredJeffries <fredjeffries@gmail.com> - 2018-05-15 08:47 -0700
            Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-15 20:09 -0500
              Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-16 17:57 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-16 20:39 -0500
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise David Petry <davidlpetry@gmail.com> - 2018-05-16 20:02 -0700
                Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Shobe, Martin" <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-17 06:56 -0500
    Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2018-05-15 13:55 -0700
  Re: Hiilbert and Cantor's paradise bursejan@gmail.com - 2018-05-12 18:50 -0700

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