‎WRONSKI (Hoëné de)‎
‎Introduction à la philosophie des mathématiques et technie de l'algorithmie‎

‎P., Courcier, 1811; un volume in 4 relié en demi-basane, dos orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque), (1 mors légèrement fendu, cachet de bibliothèque annulé), (4), VIpp., 270pp., 1 tableau dépliant‎

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‎EDITION ORIGNALE ---- RARE ---- NOMBREUSES NOTES MANUSCRITES DE L'ÉPOQUE SUR LES FEUILLETS DE GARDE ---- "Hoene-Wronski's extant manuscripts and published writings cover a wide range of knowledge. His philosophy, which is central, forms the basis for reforming various branches of the exact and social sciences. His philosophical notions were formed under Kant's influence... He applied his philosophy to mathematics in a series of works that began with Introduction à la philosophie mathématique... A recurrent pattern in Hoëne Wronski's relations with various institutions indicates a marked psychopathic tendency... His aberrent personality tempt one to dismiss his work as the product of a gigantic fallacy engendered by a troubled and deceived mind. Later investigation of his writings, however, leads to a different conclusion. Hidden among the multitude of irrelevancies are important concepts that show him to have been a highly gifted mathematician whose contribution, unfortunately, was overshadowed by the imperative of his all-embracing absolute philosophy". (DSB Suppl. pp. 225/226)‎