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Original text - English - In this direction finality is not sought, for it...

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Title	In this direction finality is not sought, for it...
Text to be translated Submitted by viric	Source language: English In this direction finality is not sought, for it is apparently unattainable. All that we can say is, in the words of a leading analyst, "sufficient unto the day is the rigor thereof."
Remarks about the translation	E.T.Bell wrote that. I read this cite as is, without surrounding context from the same author. I'm most interested in the part between quotes, because I think I understand the rest.

5 May 2008 19:15

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	Author	Message
		10 May 2008 03:07
	Borges Number of messages: 115	viric, "sufficient unto the day is the rigor thereof" Seems that what E.T.Bell meant is that a proof, in mathematics, is good enough if it rigorously correct in the patterns of today, even if these patterns will change in the future (as it has changed through history). I think that the author of the phrase that you wrote here is just saying that he do what is possible not what would be ideal.
		10 May 2008 21:09
	Borges Number of messages: 115	Oh yes, it is from Matthew 6:34 (King James Bible). Where the word "evil" was exchanged by the word "rigor". "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."