Gauss

Quote:" you know that I write slowly. this is chiefly because i am never satisfied until i have said as much as possible in a few words , and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length."

question: how does writing briefly take far more time?

thoughts: I find it weird that he is not satisfied if he doesnt say things in a few words. it doesnt really make that much sense to me. if you need to write more to fulling express yourself you should. I also dont see what the problem with being lengthy with your writing if it might be clearer and easier to do. It almost seems like he trys to make things harder on him self. he also mad it so hard for others to understand and learn the things he had found.
i honestly think he might be alittle selfish." he is like a fox" what exactly do they mean by this is this a bad thing. i think it might be because he finds things and trys to hide them from every one. you can tell he is very different from the last guy we read about because the other guy was clear in his writing and he made sense and it seemed he wanted people to learn and he made it easy for them so i like him better then this guy. i dont see how someone so smart would want others to learn maybe he thought he was so much smarter then everyone else and they would never understand what he was saying thats the only reason why i could see him saying it was " useless to teach" i'm not sure i like this guy. I think its great he was really smart but i dont like his reasoning's.

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"his writings are models of relaxed clarity."

i really like the way this sentence was written it explains how well he could put his thoughts in to words. it is almost like he is a really graceful writer. i always thought math brains were only good at math but he obviously could explain him self through text which is simply beautiful. It makes me think of him as a peaceful man who's mind is very clear as if there is no confusion although this is a great thing to say about him i have a few questions.

question: relaxed clarity can mean alot of things what does it mean in context? also most mathematics geniuses have some type of mental illness did he?

"he calculated without apparent effort, as men breathe, or as eagles sustained themselves in the wind."

when i saw this all i could think is wow i wish i was him if i could calculate like i breathe i would not be stressing over math class..haha. i constantly wonder how some people are naturally good at math. teachers always say it is practice and everyone can be really good at math even though i agree to a point i still think there are people that are born and just good at math and they can pick it up super quick and some people that just don't have the ability.

Question: How is it that he can do this i thought it was something you must learn to do maybe its something you are born with?