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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

“scientific thought does not mean thought about scientific subjects with long names. There are no scientific subjects. The subject of science is the human universe; that is to say, everything that is, or has been, or may be related to man.”

Men Humans May Mean Long Doe Has Beens Universe Names Subjects Related

Book:The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

Source: The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

“Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not that which we can ideally contemplate without error, but that which we may act upon without fear; and you cannot fail to see that scientific thought is not an accompaniment or condition of human progress, but human progress itself.”

Humans May Truth Action Remember Science Progress Failing Conditions Errors Guides Contemplating Human Progress

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

“We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.”

May Sound Common Depends Mathematics Common Sense Algebra

Book:The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences

Source: The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences

“If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest.”

Ifs Men Feels May Persons Done Helping Loss Mere Possession Harm Stealing Transfers

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

“Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions which clog his race.”

May Helping Race Alive Sentences Village Superstitions Rustic

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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