It is true that Fourier had the opinion that the principal aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomena but a philosopher like him should have known that the sole end of science is the honor of the human mind, and that under this title a question about numbers is worth as much as a question about the system of the world.
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The real end of science is the honor of the human mind.
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