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""The study of mathematics cannot be replaced by any other activity that will train and develop man's purely logical faculties to the ..."
"The study of mathematics cannot be replaced by any other activity that will train and develop man's purely logical faculties to the same level of rationality."
C.O. Oakley The American Mathematical Monthly, 56, 1949, p19
When students ask me why they should study maths I reply that it is not just for the content but to learn how to think logically and hence I agree with C O Oakley.
