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Quotes from Opening paragraph of Historia et Origo Calculi Differentialis — Gottfried Leibniz

1646–1716 Germany

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It is an extremely useful thing to have knowledge of the true origins of memorable discoveries, especially those that have been found not by accident but by dint of meditation. It is not so much that thereby history may attribute to each man his own discoveries and others should be encouraged to earn like commendation, as that the art of making discoveries should be extended by considering noteworthy examples of it.

Opening paragraph of Historia et Origo Calculi Differentialis (1714)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gottfried Leibniz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.