Euclid — "What advantage shall I get by learning these things?"
What advantage shall I get by learning these things?
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Reported response to a student who asked what he would gain from learning geometry, after which Euclid ordered his slave to give the student a small coin, saying, 'Give him three pence, since he must make gain out of what he learns.'
Date: c. 300 BCE
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