Isaac Barrow Quotes

Isaac Barrow — English Mathematician died on December 29, 1677

Isaac Barrow was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus. His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. Isaac Newton was a student of Barrow's, and Newton went on to develop calculus in a modern form. The lunar crater Barrow is named after him... (wikipedia)

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.

Isaac Barrow Quotes

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