Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Mathematics

• what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Philosophy, Educational, Italian

• ...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation and the use of logarithms are often of value in ordinary cases: but all beyond these is but a luxury; a delicious luxury indeed; but not be in indulged in by one who is to have a profession to follow for his subsistence.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Math, Squares

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1386, Library of America

• As you are entered with the class of Nat. philosophy, give to it the hours of lecture, but devote all your other time to Mathematics, avoiding company as the bane of all progress.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Philosophy, Class, Giving

  Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney (2004). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 2: 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810”, p.110, Princeton University Press

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