I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect. . . Geometry should be ranked, not with arithmetic, which is purely aprioristic, but with mechanics.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect. . . Geometry should be ranked, not with arithmetic, which is purely aprioristic, but with mechanics." in the context of "As quoted in Solid Shape (1990) by Jan J. Koenderink" to mean that wisdom is timeless.