Francis Bacon Quotes about Math

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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

Francis Bacon

Science, Math, Men

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1821). “A critique of Bacon's "Novum Organum," by Basil Montagu, extracted from the Retrospective Review, 1821. Few MS. notes”, p.285

Whatever you can, count.

Francis Bacon

Math, Logic, Reasoning

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.

Francis Bacon

Math, Men, Littles

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1821). “A critique of Bacon's "Novum Organum," by Basil Montagu, extracted from the Retrospective Review, 1821. Few MS. notes”, p.285