ext_143681 ([identity profile] kargicq.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] purplecat 2009-10-13 05:06 pm (UTC)

Sextus Empiricus wrote a whole book, "Against the Mathematicians," full of invective, which makes for great reading today. (Of course, the most common meaning of 'mathematician' in the Ancient World was 'astrologer', so it does make some sense.)
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