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> David Tolpin scripsit:
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> > Mathematics is not a knowledge, it is a discipline.
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> If you don't think learning Latin is a discipline, then I can only conclude
> you've never been taught any. The entire British Empire ran for more than
> a century on people who learned Latin because they (or their elders)
I had been taught Latin. It was a very helpful experience. I am not able,
however, to read Virgil in Latin; the same applies to mathematics in
many cases. And no, I was not taught Greek; alghough learning new languages
has always been a nice exercise for me.
> And if you don't think learning to lay bricks changes the way you think,
> try laying them.
Ironically, I did that in my house two years ago; two nice walls.
David Tolpin
http://davidashen.net/
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