In plain words
Eureka is the happy shout for the moment you finally figure something out. Archimedes was so happy he shouted it twice.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Reported by Vitruvius, De Architectura, Book IX, introduction (c. 25 BC); Greek 'heureka', trans. M. H. Morgan (1914). Anecdotal report about two centuries after his death.
- reported by Vitruvius, De Architectura, Book IX (c. 25 BC); trans. M. H. Morgan, 1914
- c. 250 BC · Syracuse, Sicily · leaping from his bath, having just seen how rising water could test King Hiero's gold crown
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ArchimedesOf all lines which have the same extremities the straight line is the least.ArchimedesIn fact, how many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!ArchimedesMore on curiosity
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.
Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.
Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.
Victor Hugo
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.Victor Hugo