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Mathematician

William Kingdon Clifford was a British mathematician and philosopher, born on May 4, 1845, and died on March 3, 1879. He made significant contributions to the fields of geometry and algebra in mathematics.

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Famous William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

“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 has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it.”

Knows Believe Mean Persons Knowing Speak The Truth

Book:The Scientific Basis of Morals: And Other Essays, Viz. : Right and Wrong, the Ethics of Belief, the Ethics of Religion

Source: The Scientific Basis of Morals: And Other Essays, Viz. : Right and Wrong, the Ethics of Belief, the Ethics of Religion

“To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.”

Knows Deals Know How Circumstances

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

“We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn.”

Thinking Knows Way Feels Matter Happens Turns Lost No Matter What Secure

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

About the Author

Born: May 4, 1845
Died: March 3, 1879
Known for: Mathematician
Quotes: 31

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Lectures and EssaysRelated source material

The Ethics of Belief and Other EssaysRelated source material

The Scientific Basis of Morals: And Other Essays, Viz. : Right and Wrong, the Ethics of Belief, the Ethics of ReligionRelated source material

Ethics of Belief and Other EssaysRelated source material

Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon CliffordRelated source material

Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S.Related source material

Lectures and Essays, by the Late William Kingdon CliffordRelated source material

On Some Conditions Of Mental Development: Together With On The Unconscious Activity Of The BrainRelated source material

The Common Sense of the Exact SciencesRelated source material

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