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Let's Consider
Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 01:36 amAbraham Lincoln famously said "A house divided against itself cannot stand." (I believe this is also in one of the Gospels in the New Testament.) But is this true? Let's symbolize it:
"A house divided against itself" becomes the following left-hand value:
house ÷ house
Anyone versed in algebra will tell you that x ÷ x = 1. One is known, in narrative math theory, as "unity." So to rephrase Lincoln's anti-secession statement,
A house divided against itself is unity.
Who knew he was such a Taoist?
Note, however, that this analysis does not apply when the house is empty, as 0 ÷ 0 is undefined.
"A house divided against itself" becomes the following left-hand value:
house ÷ house
Anyone versed in algebra will tell you that x ÷ x = 1. One is known, in narrative math theory, as "unity." So to rephrase Lincoln's anti-secession statement,
A house divided against itself is unity.
Who knew he was such a Taoist?
Note, however, that this analysis does not apply when the house is empty, as 0 ÷ 0 is undefined.
