"In addition, the teaching of theories from axioms, or some close imitation of them such as the basic laws of an algebra, is usually an educational disaster."

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Source : "The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences". Book by Ivor Grattan-Guinness, p. 739, 2000.

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

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“All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.”
“Struggling over my fickle heart, love draws it now this way, and now hate that--but love, I think, is winning. I will hate, if I have strength; if not, I shall love unwilling.”
“The idea that we would operate and amputate healthy tissue from a baby, from an unconsenting minor, to supposedly prevent some hypothetical disease, goes against the Hippocratic oath.”
“A liar did ought to have a good memory.”
“We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to squander our freedom...”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. August 15, 2008.
“Historically, when times are bad, voters, especially in the Industrial Midwest, have turned to the Democrats.”
“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

Source : Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate (2010). “The Book of English Magic”, p.400, The Overlook Press
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