Friday, September 9, 2011

The 3-legged stool of understanding

Robert Heinlein in The Happy Days Ahead in Expanded Universe (1980)
Span of time is important; the 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

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