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“Mathematics had never had more than a secondary interest for him [her husband, George Boole]; and even logic he cared for chiefly as a means of clearing the ground of doctrines imagined to be proved, by showing that the evidence on which they were supposed to give rest had no tendency to prove them.”
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“It is our business to see that you know how to use algebraic and logical method accurately and skilfully; it is not our business to decide whether, in the future, you shall use your skill to deceive other people or to show them the truth. It is our business to see that you do not deceive yourself, because deceiving yourself distorts your brain and ruins the possibility of using logical methods skilfully to arrive at the knowledge of truths.”
― Philosophy & Fun of Algebra
― Philosophy & Fun of Algebra
“Only dead mathematics can be taught where competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession.”
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“Those get on best in life who do not trust to first impressions.”
― Philosophy & Fun of Algebra
― Philosophy & Fun of Algebra
