Antoine de Saint-Exupery. the meaning of life (№ 161074)

What a pathetic representation of the culture of the spirit the one who believes that it is based on the knowledge of formulas, the memorization of the results achieved. The mediocre pupil of the Polytechnic school, finished the course last, he knows about nature and its laws more than Descartes, Pascal and Newton. But never he never will come such a turn of mind which occurred to Descartes, Pascal and Newton. For those first brought up the soul.