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... the invention of new methods in that system of logic which we call mathematics . All that mathematics can do is to assure us that a statement A is equivalent to statements B , C , D , or is one of the facts expressed by the statements B vii ...
... the invention of new methods in that system of logic which we call mathematics . All that mathematics can do is to assure us that a statement A is equivalent to statements B , C , D , or is one of the facts expressed by the statements B vii ...
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George Forbes. is one of the facts expressed by the statements B , C , D ; so that we may know , if B , C , and D are true , then A is true . To many people our inability to understand all that is contained in statements B , C , and D , ...
George Forbes. is one of the facts expressed by the statements B , C , D ; so that we may know , if B , C , and D are true , then A is true . To many people our inability to understand all that is contained in statements B , C , and D , ...
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... the hope that these pages might , among new recruits , arouse an interest in the greatest of all the sciences , or ... is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre - eminently its greatest ...
... the hope that these pages might , among new recruits , arouse an interest in the greatest of all the sciences , or ... is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre - eminently its greatest ...
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... is the most potent factor in developing the history of the human race , as of the individual . In no realm of nature is the principle of cause and effect more ... the fortune of I Book THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
... is the most potent factor in developing the history of the human race , as of the individual . In no realm of nature is the principle of cause and effect more ... the fortune of I Book THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
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... the belief that storms in the Indian Ocean , the fertility of German vines , famines in India , and high or low Nile - floods in Egypt follow the plane- tary positions . And , again , the desire to foretell the weather is so laudable that ...
... the belief that storms in the Indian Ocean , the fertility of German vines , famines in India , and high or low Nile - floods in Egypt follow the plane- tary positions . And , again , the desire to foretell the weather is so laudable that ...
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