- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Faith in Reason -
Chapter 2 Breaking Away -
Chapter 3 Education of an Anglican -
Chapter 4 The Road to Unitarianism -
Chapter 5 Exercising Reason -
Chapter 6 Trials in Cambridge -
Chapter 7 Trials in London -
Chapter 8 Reasoning in Uneasy Times -
Chapter 9 Heiress -
Chapter 10 Son of India -
Chapter 11 Reading Man -
Chapter 12 Laying the Groundwork -
Chapter 13 Unitarian Women -
Chapter 14 Gentleman of Reason -
Chapter 15 Reasoning among the Stars -
Chapter 16 Expanding Consciousness -
Chapter 17 Home on Gower Street -
Chapter 18 Rearing Young Seedlings -
Chapter 19 Expanding Reason -
Chapter 20 Beyond Matter -
Chapter 21 Beyond Reason - Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
Reading Man
Reading Man
- Chapter:
- (p.158) Chapter 11 Reading Man
- Source:
- Generations of Reason
- Author(s):
Joan L. Richards
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
On February 4, 1823, Augustus De Morgan entered Trinity College Cambridge. There he was deeply influenced by the ideas of George Peacock, William Whewell, Charles Babbage and John Herschel, who, in the decade before he matriculated, had formed an Analytical Society which had focused its attention on developing a truly reasoned mathematical curriculum. At the end of his studies, De Morgan took the mathematical Tripos, which was developing into a fiercely competitive written examination. De Morgan was very disappointed to finish fourth in his class
Keywords: Cambridge University, Trinity College, Literalist view of reason, Calculus, Analytical Society, Tripos, Augustus De Morgan, John Herschel, Charles Babbage, George Peacock, William Whewell
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Faith in Reason -
Chapter 2 Breaking Away -
Chapter 3 Education of an Anglican -
Chapter 4 The Road to Unitarianism -
Chapter 5 Exercising Reason -
Chapter 6 Trials in Cambridge -
Chapter 7 Trials in London -
Chapter 8 Reasoning in Uneasy Times -
Chapter 9 Heiress -
Chapter 10 Son of India -
Chapter 11 Reading Man -
Chapter 12 Laying the Groundwork -
Chapter 13 Unitarian Women -
Chapter 14 Gentleman of Reason -
Chapter 15 Reasoning among the Stars -
Chapter 16 Expanding Consciousness -
Chapter 17 Home on Gower Street -
Chapter 18 Rearing Young Seedlings -
Chapter 19 Expanding Reason -
Chapter 20 Beyond Matter -
Chapter 21 Beyond Reason - Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
