Mathematics · In English · 1886
The Game of Logic
Alice's author teaches logic with a board, coloured counters and silly syllogisms about pigs and cats. Logic as a game.
6 chapters · about 1 h of reading
Opening the book
How the book begins
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COLOURS FOR——————- COUNTERS |5 | 6| __ | x | | | | See the Sun is overhead, |—y———-y'-| Shining on us, FULL and | | | RED! | x' | |7 | 8| Now the Sun is gone away,——————- And the EMPTY sky is GREY! __
I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my fairy friend!
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About this edition
Public domain: the author died in 1898, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1886. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.
We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.