Augustus De Morgan
Mathematician whose laws of logic form the basis of digital circuit design.
Quotes by Augustus De Morgan
The great object of the physical sciences is to explain the phenomena of nature by the fewest and simplest principles.
The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.
Logic is the science of the laws of thought.
The first rule of logic is not to be illogical.
The laws of thought are to the mind what the laws of motion are to matter.
There is no royal road to logic.
The great instrument of discovery, as well as of proof, is logic.
The true logic of this world is in the calculus of probabilities.
The history of mathematics is the history of the human mind.
The object of reasoning is to find out, from what we know, something which we do not know.
The laws of thought are not arbitrary, but are founded in the nature of things.
The business of logic is to analyze the process of reasoning.
The study of logic is not only useful, but necessary for the cultivation of the mind.
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty.
The laws of thought are the same for all minds.
The mind, like the body, is strengthened by exercise.
The object of education is to teach us how to think, not what to think.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The true method of discovery is to begin with the facts and end with the principles.