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> [“I would not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without a profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-would-not-go-so-far-as-to-say-that-to-construct-a-history-of/)

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> [I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. That would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/i-will-not-go-so-far-as-to-say-that-to-construct-a-history-of-thought/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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