John Philoponus, in his Commentary on the Soul, records that above the entrance to Plato’s Academy was inscribed ἀγεωμέτρητος μὴ εἰσίτω (“Let None But Geometers Enter Here”). It may have been equally appropriate to have posted a sign reading “A Knowledge of Mathematics Is Required” above the doorways to the early meeting places of the […]
As my dear friend Mr. Grey is fond of saying at the beginning of sentences, “If I’m honest…” I’m not all that familiar with the Cambridge Philosophical Society. However as 2019 marks the bicentennial of its founding “by Adam Sedgwick and John Stevens Henslow as a place where university graduates could meet to discuss current […]