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Never was there seen aught more wretched; and we might be surprised that a mathematician could reason so ill, had we not other, and far more illustrious examples, which clearly evince, that the study of the mathematics does not always render the mind more correct in relation to subjects beyond the sphere of the sciences.
Jean Barbeyrac
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Born:
March 15, 1674
Died:
March 3, 1744
(aged 69)
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Jean Barbeyrac was a French jurist.
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