CONDILLAC, Étienne Bonnot de - La langue des calculs, ouvrage posthume et élémentaire, imprimé sur les manuscrits autographes de l'auteur.
Description: 8vo: [4]-484-[4] pp. - 1st ed. of "The Language of Calculus", in which Condillac views science as a well-constructed language. "To calculate is to reason, and to reason is to calculate: if there are two names, there are not two operations." (pp. 226-227). - Ref. J.J. Gray & K.H. Parshall. Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800-1950), pp. 18-19. - Prov. Mod. bookpl.
Artist Name: CONDILLAC, Étienne Bonnot de Circa: 1798
Condition: Contemp. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with 5 bands (joints, edges, corners sl. rubbed). Good copy.
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Description: 8vo: [4]-484-[4] pp. - 1st ed. of "The Language of Calculus", in which Condillac views science as a well-constructed language. "To calculate is to reason, and to reason is to calculate: if there are two names, there are not two operations." (pp. 226-227). - Ref. J.J. Gray & K.H. Parshall. Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800-1950), pp. 18-19. - Prov. Mod. bookpl.
Artist Name: CONDILLAC, Étienne Bonnot de Circa: 1798
Condition: Contemp. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with 5 bands (joints, edges, corners sl. rubbed). Good copy.
