William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 24 quotes by William Kingdon Clifford William Kingdon Clifford FRS (4 May 1845 – 3 March 1879) was an English mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour. The operations of geometric algebra have the effect of mirroring, rotating, translating, and mapping the geometric objects that are being modelled to new positions. Clifford algebras in... Read full biography of William Kingdon Clifford → 1 2 Ctrl → It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. 0 The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose... → 0 A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our... → 0 The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false... → 0 He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart. 0 If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future. 0 No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe. 0 In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after... → 0 This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by... → 0 We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra. 0 Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least... → 0 There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture... → 0 When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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24 quotes by William Kingdon Clifford