Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. - Arthur Koestler

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Arthur Koestler: "Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred."

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Blessed	Centuries	Civilizations	Cursed
Europe	Held	Heritage	Idea
Later	Mathematical	Nobody	Noneuropean
Numbers	Occurred	Power	Pythagorean
Relations	Secret	Seems	Still
Thought	Twentyfive	Universe	Wisdom

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