Quote#Education
The Study of Algebra may be pursued in three very different schools,…
Quote byWilliam Rowan Hamilton · 1805–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Theory of Conjugate Functions, or Algebraic Couples; with a Preliminary and Elementary Essay on Algebra as the Science of Pure Time" (1837) Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 17, pp. 293–422. Read November 4th, 1833, and June 1st, 1835..
English (original)
The Study of Algebra may be pursued in three very different schools, the Practical, the Philological, or the Theoretical, according as Algebra itself is accounted an Instrument, or a Language, or a Contemplation; according as ease of operation, or symmetry of expression, or clearness of thought, (the agere, the fari, or the sapere,) is eminently prized and sought for.
— William Rowan Hamilton
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