The fact that all Mathematics is Symbolic Logic is one of the greatest…

Bertrand Russell
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The fact that all Mathematics is Symbolic Logic is one of the greatest discoveries of our age; and when this fact has been established, the remainder of the principles of mathematics consists of the analysis of Symbolic Logic itself. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Principles of Mathematics, p.5, Routledge
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