Quote#Wisdom
Whereas in Arithmetick Questions are only resolv'd by proceeding from…
Quote byIsaac Newton · 1643–1727
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Arithmetica Universalis (1707).
English (original)
Whereas in Arithmetick Questions are only resolv'd by proceeding from given Quantities to the Quantities sought, Algebra proceeds in a retrograde Order, from the Quantities sought as if they were given, to the Quantities given as if they were sought, to the End that we may some Way or other come to a Conclusion or Æquation, from which one may bring out the Quantity sought.
— Isaac Newton
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