 | 1835 - 532 lapas
...logical reasoning to exercise and improve the intellect; we should bear in mind that the simple executien of analytical operations, acquired by dint of practice...with an ardour after the investigation of truth." Mr. Woolhouse in his paper has pursued a different course; he has made it his study to present the... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1835 - 522 lapas
...analytical operations, acquired by dint of practice and experience, is a mere common species of laboit¥t often merely mechanical ; whilst a distinct apprehension...with an ardour after the investigation of truth." Mr. Woolhouse in his paper has pursued a different course; he has made it his study to present the... | |
 | W. P. Higgs - 1876 - 122 lapas
...Differential Calculus,' Mr. Woolhouse observes, with only too much reason, how " it is to be regretted that most of our academical treatises on this, as...with an ardour after the investigation of truth." Mathematics naturally divide into two divisions, to which are related (a) the solutions of problems... | |
 | Robert Galloway - 1881 - 488 lapas
...well as other subjects, abound so much with complex algebraical processes, without the slightest trace of logical reasoning to exercise and improve the intellect....with an ardour after the investigation of truth," Dr. Whewell forced the University of Cambridge to consider the question, " What is it that we are teaching... | |
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... of analytical operations, acquired by dint of practice and experience, is a mere common species of labour, often merely mechanical; whilst a distinct apprehension of the specific object and meaning of the operations, and a contemplation of the clearness... 