That is a legacy of Napoleon, who codified the curriculum—classics, history, rhetoric, logic, maths and physics—by an imperial decree in 1808.

他在1808年将这些课程--古典学，历史，逻辑学，数学，物理学--编入法律条例。

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Maths is not only a knowledge system but also a rational thinking and argument system. It is a systematism theory knowledge summation by height abstract and strict logic ratiocination.

数学既是一个知识体系，又是一个理性的思辩体系，它是经过高度抽象和严格的逻辑推理形成的系统化理论知识总和。

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Logic might suggest Greece must go but this crisis has shown politics trumps maths and economics.

FORBES: Greece: We Need to Stop Confusing Default with Exit