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Alexander Bain
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“Instinct is untaught ability.”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) first seen 1855 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alexander Bain, The Senses and the Intellect (1855), p. 256; in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 397-98.
“Disinterestedness is as great a puzzle and paradox as ever. Indeed, strictly speaking, it is a species of irrationality, or insanity, as regards the individual’s self; a contradiction of the most essential nature of a sentient being, which is to move to pleasure and from pain”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alexander Bain, On the Study of Character, including an estimate of phrenology, 1861, p. 292.
“The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained science and clear thinking. One substance with two sets of attributes, two sides (a physical and a mental), a double-faced unity, would appear to comply with all the exigencies of the case.”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) first seen 1872 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alexander Bain. Mind and Body: The Theories of their Relation (1872), p. 196; as cited in: The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 27, June 1885, p. 162.
“What renders a problem definite, and what leaves it indefinite, may best be understood from mathematics. The very important idea of solving a problem within limits of error is an element of rational culture, coming from the same source. The art of totalizing fluctuations by curves is capable of being carried, in conception, far beyond the mathematical domain, 65 where it is first learned. The distinction between laws and coefficients applies in every department of causation. The theory of Probable Evidence is the mathematical contribution to Logic, and is of paramount importance.”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those that can readily master the difficulties of Mathematics find a considerable charm in the study, sometimes amounting to fascination. This is far from universal; but the subject contains elements of strong interest of a kind that constitutes the pleasures of knowledge. The marvellous devices for solving problems elate the mind with the feeling of intellectual power; and the innumerable constructions of the science leave us lost in wonder.”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The method of arithmetical teaching]] is perhaps the best understood of any of the methods concerned with elementary studies.”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He that could teach mathematics well, would not be a bad teacher in any of the rest [physics, chemistry, biology, psychology] unless by the accident of total inaptitude for experimental illustration; while the mere experimentalist is likely to fall into the error of missing the essential condition of science as reasoned truth; not to speak of the danger of making the instruction an affair of sensation, glitter, or pyrotechnic show.”
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source