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A successful attempt to express logical propositions by symbols, the…

Quote byGeorge Boole · 1815–1864

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, 1847, p. 5.

English (original)

A successful attempt to express logical propositions by symbols, the laws of whose combinations should be founded upon the laws of the mental processes which they represent, would, so far, be a step towards a philosophical language.

— George Boole

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