Quote#Education
I cannot see why it is necessary that every deduction from algebra…
Quote byAugustus De Morgan · 1806–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Differential and Integral Calculus (1836).
English (original)
I cannot see why it is necessary that every deduction from algebra should be bound to certain conventions incident to an earlier stage of mathematical learning, even supposing them to have been consistently used up to the point in question. I should not care if any one thought this treatise unalgebraical, but should only ask whether the premises were admissible and the conclusions logical.
— Augustus De Morgan
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