But there is another reason for the hign repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.

• 数学受到高度尊崇的另一个原因在于:恰恰是数学,给精密的自然科学提供了无可置疑的可靠保证,没有数学,它们无法达到这样的可靠程度。