Please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion, because it, too, may take up all your time and deprive you of your health, peace of mind and happiness in life.[ Having himself spent a lifetime unsuccessfully trying to prove Euclid's postulate that parallel lines do not meet, Farkas discouraged his son János from any further attempt.] Farkas Bolyai
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Farkas meant that one should not give up on the search for knowledge. We may wonder where Farkas got this idea. It is clear that he was inspired by his son's love for Euclid's postulate. The postulate was finally proved in 1878 by Karl Menger, but János Farkas had already spent fifty years pursuing this aim. The postulate cannot be given up; it is the ultimate goal.

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