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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Identity of values in Javascript
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 22:38:55 +0200
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Joao Rodrigues wrote:

> On 27/05/15 10:40, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 May 2015 02:31 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>    “I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn,
>>>     nor arouse those who are not anxious
>>>     to give an explanation themselves.
>>>     If I have presented one corner of the square
>>>     and they cannot come back to me with the other three,
>>>     I should not go over the points again.”
>>
>> You cannot uniquely specify a square given only one corner -- there is no
>> way you can give the right answer except by luck. […]

You need to read between the lines.  Confucius (551–479 BCE; latinized form 
of Pidgin “Kong Fuzi”) did not teach mathematics.

> Apparently, Thomas copied and pasted a citation in the introduction of
> the 'Eloquent JavaScript':
> <http://eloquentjavascript.net/00_intro.html>

I did not.  You are the one promoting bad books and dubious Web resources, 
remember?
 
> And he seems to be confused with Confucius...

Yes, that only seems to be so.  The above saying is from Confucius as 
quoted, e.g., in “Confucius and Socrates – Teaching Wisdom” by Sanderson 
Beck:

<http://www.san.beck.org/CONFUCIUS3-How.html>

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