Chapter 8 Resolution suggestions
Though many stones have a high price,
The whetstone is for exercise
So perfect and so strange:
Stupid things the time will drain
\(\;\;\;\;\) ~ (Recorde 1557, 11), seminal text of the symbol ‘=’ in Mathematics (tip from professor Marcelo Viana)
suggestion
noun
- An idea, possible plan, or action that is mentioned for other people to consider.
- Something that shows the existence of something but is not obvious.
“suggestion”, in Cambridge Dictionary, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/suggestion [consulted in 2023-11-24].
References
Recorde, Robert. 1557. “The Whetstone of Witte.” London: John Kyngston. https://archive.org/details/b30333179.