數秘術
早期數學家對數秘術研究有所參與,例如畢達哥拉斯認為數學可以解釋世上一切事物。他認為一切真理可以用比率、平方及直角三角形去反映、證實。聖奧古斯丁則寫說,「數字是神提供給人用來確認真理的宇宙語言」。
但現代的數學已不再將其視為數學的一部分,而視作數秘學。數秘術與數學這種在歷史演進上的關係變化,類似於占星學之於天文學,或是煉金術之於化學。
相關文獻
- The Mystery of Numbers, by Annemarie Schimmel (1996) ISBN 0-19-506303-1—A scholarly compendium of the connotations and associations of numbers in historical cultures.
- Numerology : The number game, by Aaadietya Pandey (2006).
- Numerology: Or, What Pythagoras Wrought by Underwood Dudley; 1997; Mathematical Association of America.—Highly skeptical survey of the field through history.
- Andras M. Nagy (2007): "The Secret of Pythagoras".(DVD) ASIN: B000VPTFT6
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