Augustus De Morgan
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“The moving power of mathematical invention is not reasoning but imagination.”
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)
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“The first experiment already illustrates a truth of the theory, well confirmed by practice, what-ever can happen will happen if we make trials enough.”
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)
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"I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you."
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)
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"We know that mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics. The two eyes of science are mathematics and logic; the mathematical set puts out the logical eye, the logical set puts out the mathematical eye; each believing that it sees better with one eye than with two."
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)
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"Mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics."
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)
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"Wrong hypotheses, rightly worked from, have produced more useful results than unguided observations."
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)
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"It should seem that it is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician."
― Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871)