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12-4-1679

Philosopher Thomas Hobbes died, thus ending his 25 year feud with John Wallis over Hobbes's attempt to square the circle in 1655. It began when Hobbes called Wallis's Arithmetica Infinitorum a "scab of symbols."

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Thomas Hobbes
John Wallis
Quadrature of the Circle
Date: 
Monday, December 4, 1679