Square Partial Sums

Famous quotes containing the words square, partial and/or sums:

    “In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “It is characteristic of the epistemological tradition to present us with partial scenarios and then to demand whole or categorical answers as it were.”
    —Avrum Stroll (b. 1921)

    “At Timon’s villalet us pass a day,
    Where all cry out,What sums are thrown away!’”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)