Bertrand Russell... wrote in My Philosophical Development, "Those who taught me the infinitesimal calculus did not know the valid proofs of its fundamental theorems and tried to persuade me to accept the official sophistries as an act of faith."


Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty, Chapter VII (p. 162), Oxford University Press, Inc. 1980

Morris Kline Quotes

Bertrand Russell... wrote in My Philosophical Development, Those who taught me the infinitesimal calculus did not know the valid proofs of its...

Bertrand Russell... wrote in My Philosophical Development, Those who taught me the infinitesimal calculus did not know the valid proofs of its...

Bertrand Russell... wrote in My Philosophical Development, Those who taught me the infinitesimal calculus did not know the valid proofs of its...

Bertrand Russell... wrote in My Philosophical Development, Those who taught me the infinitesimal calculus did not know the valid proofs of its...