William Hamilton Quote

Mathematics have from the first been triumphant over the husk; Philosophy is still militant for the kernel.


Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University, Reform, On the Study of Mathematics as an Exercise of the Mind (p. 278)


Mathematics have from the first been triumphant over the husk; Philosophy is still militant for the kernel.

Mathematics have from the first been triumphant over the husk; Philosophy is still militant for the kernel.

Mathematics have from the first been triumphant over the husk; Philosophy is still militant for the kernel.

Mathematics have from the first been triumphant over the husk; Philosophy is still militant for the kernel.