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At the beginning of his "Notice sur les travaux scientifiques de MF" =
(1933), french mathematician Maurice Frechet put this Leibniz's epigraph =
in connection with the main philosophical trends of his mathematical =
works:
"Ceux qui aiment a pousser le detail des sciences meprisent les =
recherches abstraites et generales et ceux qui approfondissent les =
principes entrent rarement dans les particularites. Pour moi, j'estime =
egalement l'un et l'autre, car j'ai trouve que l'Analyse des principes =
sert a pousser les inventions particulieres".
I should appreciate all information allowed to locate this quotation on =
his original Leibniz's work.
Best wishes,
Luis Carlos Arboleda
Grupo de Historia y Educaci=F3n Matem=E1tica
Instituto de Educaci=F3n y Pedagog=EDa
Universidad del Valle
Apartado A=E9reo 25360
Cali. Colombia
Telefax: 330 9133
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