In article <cVi0c.145636$jk2.576189@attbi_s53>, Navigator <nav@nav.com>
wrote:
Virgil wrote:
... private knowledge ...
Contradiction in terms.
Gauss had private knowledge of a great deal of mathematics during his
lifetime. Some of it became public incidentally, like his knowledge of
non-Euclidean geometry, But some of it was only revealed from his notes
after his death.
Does Septic Capon, the Simple Pimple, wish to deny that these things
were truly private (maybe God knew them, too)or that they were truly
knowledge?
Whichever line he takes, he will have the vast majority of
mathematicians on his case, if not the entire world.
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