It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending... The Teaching of Algebra (including Trigonometry) - 79. lappuseautors: Sir Thomas Percy Nunn, Thomas Percy Nunn - 1919 - 616 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| Alfred North Whitehead - 1911 - 255 lapas
...that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important...which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle—they are strictly limited in number, they... | |
| Thomas Percy Nunn, Sir Thomas Percy Nunn - 1914 - 760 lapas
...problems in Bxs. XIV, XV should, of course, always be tested by substitution. In Ex. XIV, B, Nos. 32-7, the pupil is instructed to test also any formula derived...operations which we can perform without thinking about them."1 Finally it should be noted that the word "equation" is avoided throughout Section I. There... | |
| Sir Thomas Percy Nunn - 1914 - 654 lapas
...the subject. Thus in No. 32 he is, from the formula W= b + mn, to derive the formula n = (W - b)/mby mechanical application of the rules of ch. x. He is...which we can perform without thinking about them." l Finally it should be noted that the word "equation" is avoided throughout Section I. There seem good... | |
| Paul Carus - 1914 - 666 lapas
...that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important...which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly 'Home University Library,... | |
| Thomas Sharper Knowlson - 1917 - 334 lapas
...mechanically by the eye, which otherwise would call into play the higher faculties of the brain. Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations...which we can perform without thinking about them." performed can be done in half the time, more pleasantly, and with less exhaustion, then the longer... | |
| Thomas Sharper Knowlson - 1918 - 336 lapas
...mechanically by the eye, which otherwise would call into play the higher faculties of the brain. Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.'1 performed can be done in half the time, more pleasantly, and with less exhaustion, then the... | |
| 1923 - 878 lapas
...1 2 11 _ I cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in... | |
| Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier - 1925 - 104 lapas
...reasoning almost mechanically, which otherwise would require careful and tiring thought. " Civilisation advances by extending the number of important operations...which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number,... | |
| Carl W. Condit - 1964 - 460 lapas
...expression are vital to a living culture, but we should remember with Whitehead that "civilization [also] advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them."10 8 For a discussion of the general economic and historical problem of the preservation of American... | |
| F. A. Hayek - 1980 - 284 lapas
...that we should cultivate the habit of thinking what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important...which we can perform without thinking about them." This is of profound significance in the social field. We make constant use of formulas, symbols, and... | |
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