The logical method of mathematics is also antagonistic to genius, for it does not satisfy but obstructs true insight, and presents merely a chain of conclusions in accordance with the principle of the ground of knowing. The mental faculty upon which it makes the greatest claim is memory, for it is necessary to recollect all the earlier propositions which are referred to.
Gainera matematikaren trataera logikoa genioari kontra jarriko zaio, zeren horrek, ikuspegi propioa itxiz, ez baitu asetzen, baizik ezagutza-arrazoiaren arabera silogismoren kateakuntza bat eskainiz, espirituaren indar guztietatik oroimenarena hartzen baitu kontuan nagusiki, oinarritzat hartzen diren aurreko printzipio guztiak presente edukitzeko.