‎WRONSKI (Hoëné) -- LAPLACE‎
‎Critique de la théorie des fonctions génératrices de M. LAPLACE -- EDITION ORIGINALE -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎P., Didot, 1819, un volume in 4 relié en demi-chagrin noir à coins (reliure de l'époque), (2), 4pp., 135pp., (1pp.), ‎

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‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- "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 philosoph". (DSB Suppl. pp. 225/226)**6591/N5AR‎