"It really is worth the trouble to invent a new symbol if we can thus remove not a few logical difficulties and ensure the rigour of the proofs. But many mathematicians seem to have so little feeling for logical purity and accuracy that they will use a word to mean three or four different things, sooner than make the frightful decision to invent a new word."

Source : Gottlob Frege (1952). “Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”

Gottlob Frege

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