That a formal science like algebra, the creation of our abstract thought, should thus, in a sense, dictate the laws of its own being, is very remarkable. It has required the experience of centuries for us to realize the full force of this appeal.


G.B. Mathews quoted in: F. Spencer. Chapters on Aims and Practice of Teaching, (London, 1899), p. 184. Reported in Moritz (1914).

George Ballard Mathews Quotes

That a formal science like algebra, the creation of our abstract thought, should thus, in a sense, dictate the laws of its own being, is very...

That a formal science like algebra, the creation of our abstract thought, should thus, in a sense, dictate the laws of its own being, is very...

That a formal science like algebra, the creation of our abstract thought, should thus, in a sense, dictate the laws of its own being, is very...

That a formal science like algebra, the creation of our abstract thought, should thus, in a sense, dictate the laws of its own being, is very...