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> [That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/that-language-is-an-instrument-of-human-reason-and-not-merely-a/)

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## More by George Boole

> [No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/no-matter-how-correct-a-mathematical-theorem-may-appear-to-be-one/)

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> [I am now about to set seriously to work upon preparing for the press an account of my theory of Logic and Probabilities which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/i-am-now-about-to-set-seriously-to-work-upon-preparing-for-the-press/)

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> [I presume that few who have paid any attention to the history of the Mathematical Analysis, will doubt that it has been developed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/i-presume-that-few-who-have-paid-any-attention-to-the-history-of-the/)

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> [Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/of-the-many-forms-of-false-culture-a-premature-converse-with/)

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> [That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/that-language-is-an-instrument-of-human-reason-and-not-merely-a/)

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> [It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/it-is-not-of-the-essence-of-mathematics-to-be-conversant-with-the/)

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> [To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/to-unfold-the-secret-laws-and-relations-of-those-high-faculties-of/)

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> [Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/probability-is-expectation-founded-upon-partial-knowledge-a-perfect/)

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> [The general laws of Nature are not, for the most part, immediate objects of perception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/the-general-laws-of-nature-are-not-for-the-most-part-immediate/)

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> [It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. Whether as a general habit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/it-is-not-of-the-essence-of-mathematics-to-be-conversant-with-the-2/)

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> [“There was yet another disadvantage attaching to the whole of Newton’s physical inquiries, ... the want of an appropriate notation for expressing the conditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/there-was-yet-another-disadvantage-attaching-to-the-whole-of-newton-s/)

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> [It follows that the word probability, in its mathematical acceptance, has reference to the state of our knowledge of the circumstances under which an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/it-follows-that-the-word-probability-in-its-mathematical-acceptance/)

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> [ “A distinguished writer \[Siméon Denis Poisson\] has thus stated the fundamental definitions of the science: 'The probability of an event is the reason we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/a-distinguished-writer-sim-on-denis-poisson-has-thus-stated-the/)

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> [I am fully assured, that no general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-boole/i-am-fully-assured-that-no-general-method-for-the-solution-of/)

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