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“The language of categories is affectionately known as "abstract nonsense," so named by Norman Steenrod. This term is essentially accurate and not necessarily derogatory: categories refer to "nonsense" in the sense that they are all about the "structure," and not about the "meaning," of what they represent.”

Paolo Aluffi, Algebra: Chapter 0
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Algebra: Chapter 0 (Graduate Studies in Mathematics) Algebra: Chapter 0 by Paolo Aluffi
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