Philip Jourdain Quote

Natural science is occupied very largely with the prevention of waste of the labour of thought and muscle when we want to call up, for some purpose or other, certain facts of experience.


The Nature of Mathematics (Revised edition), Introduction (p. 11)


Natural science is occupied very largely with the prevention of waste of the labour of thought and muscle when we want to call up, for some purpose...

Natural science is occupied very largely with the prevention of waste of the labour of thought and muscle when we want to call up, for some purpose...

Natural science is occupied very largely with the prevention of waste of the labour of thought and muscle when we want to call up, for some purpose...

Natural science is occupied very largely with the prevention of waste of the labour of thought and muscle when we want to call up, for some purpose...