John Wallis on Philosophy
Browse 2 quotations attributed to John Wallis, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
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Attributed to John Wallis, entry #12481: "You may find this work quite new. For I see no reason why I should not proclaim it; nor do I believe that others will take it wrongly. ...it teaches all by a new method, introduce…"
Attributed to John Wallis, entry #79246: "The Occasion of that Assembly was this; The Parliament which then was, were ingaged in a War with the King. ...The Issue of which War, proved very different from what was said to …"
2 Quotes by John Wallis on Philosophy
"You may find this work quite new. For I see no reason why I should not proclaim it; nor do I believe that others will take it wrongly. ...it teaches all by a new method, introduced by me for the first time into geometry, and with such clarity that in these more abstruse problems no-one has used..."
"The Occasion of that Assembly was this; The Parliament which then was, were ingaged in a War with the King. ...The Issue of which War, proved very different from what was said to be at first intended. As is usual in such cases; the power of the sword frequently passing from hand to hand and those who begin a War, not being able to foresee where it wil end."