Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or propositions:
“The good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should keep who can.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics. Thus, “the whole is greater than its part;” “reaction is equal to action;” “the smallest weight may be made to lift the greatest, the difference of weight being compensated by time;” and many the like propositions, which have an ethical as well as physical sense. These propositions have a much more extensive and universal sense when applied to human life, than when confined to technical use.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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