Stephen D. Scarborough
LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with
the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The
basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor
premise and a conclusion -- thus:
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Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as
quickly as one man.
Minor Premise: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds;
therefore --
Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second.
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This may be called the syllogism arithmetical, in which, by
combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are
twice blessed.
Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary
The beginner ... should not be discouraged if ... he finds that he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.
Paul R. Halmos
Measure Theory, 1950
Calculus
I tell them that if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the flesh.
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
The Magic Mountain, 1929
Mathematics
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