George Boole Quote

The most accomplished in the use of symbols must sometimes throw aside his abstractions and resort to homelier methods for trial and verification - not doubting, in so doing, the truth which lies at the bottom of his symbolism, but distrusting his own powers.


A Treatise on Differential Equations (4th edition), Preface (p. vii)


The most accomplished in the use of symbols must sometimes throw aside his abstractions and resort to homelier methods for trial and verification -...

The most accomplished in the use of symbols must sometimes throw aside his abstractions and resort to homelier methods for trial and verification -...

The most accomplished in the use of symbols must sometimes throw aside his abstractions and resort to homelier methods for trial and verification -...

The most accomplished in the use of symbols must sometimes throw aside his abstractions and resort to homelier methods for trial and verification -...