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It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

— George Boole An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854)

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The general laws of Nature are not, for the most part, immediate objects of perception.

An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854)

For how shall the finite comprehend the infinite?

An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854)

I firmly believe, for the accomplishment of a purpose of the Divine mind...

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To deduce the laws of the symbols of Logic from a consideration of those operations of the mind which are implied in the strict use of language as an instrument of reasoning.

An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854)

That logic, as a science, is susceptible of very wide applications is admitted; but it is equally certain that its ultimate forms and processes are mathematical.

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