Mathematical training is almost purely deductive. The mathematician starts with a few simple propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they are called self-evident, and the rest of his work consists of subtle deductions from them.


Scientific Education: Notes of an After Dinner Speech, Macmillan's Magazine, Volume XX, July 1869 (p. 182)

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Mathematical training is almost purely deductive. The mathematician starts with a few simple propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they ...

Mathematical training is almost purely deductive. The mathematician starts with a few simple propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they ...

Mathematical training is almost purely deductive. The mathematician starts with a few simple propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they ...

Mathematical training is almost purely deductive. The mathematician starts with a few simple propositions, the proof of which is so obvious that they ...