Augustus De Morgan

Computer Science British 1806 – 1871 100 quotes

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.

Elements of Arithmetic 1830

The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.

On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics 1831

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.

On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics 1831

Logic is the science of the laws of thought.

Formal Logic 1847

The first rule of logic is not to be illogical.

Formal Logic 1847

The laws of thought are to the mind what the laws of motion are to matter.

Formal Logic 1847

There is no royal road to logic.

Formal Logic 1847

The great instrument of discovery, as well as of proof, is logic.

Formal Logic 1847

The true logic of this world is in the calculus of probabilities.

Formal Logic 1847

The history of mathematics is the history of the human mind.

Formal Logic 1847

The object of reasoning is to find out, from what we know, something which we do not know.

Formal Logic 1847

The laws of thought are not arbitrary, but are founded in the nature of things.

Formal Logic 1847

The business of logic is to analyze the process of reasoning.

Formal Logic 1847

The study of logic is not only useful, but necessary for the cultivation of the mind.

Formal Logic 1847

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty.

On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics 1831

The laws of thought are the same for all minds.

Formal Logic 1847

The mind, like the body, is strengthened by exercise.

On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics 1831

The object of education is to teach us how to think, not what to think.

On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics 1831

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics 1831

The true method of discovery is to begin with the facts and end with the principles.

Formal Logic 1847