Re: AtD translation: the thing about a Quaternion ‘is’ is that

[Jochen Stremmel]

No, no, it's supposed to be a modifier for the word 'is'.

(And it's not only correct, it's a joke, too. Bertie would call it a pun,
obviously. )

Am So., 20. Juni 2021 um 12:11 Uhr schrieb Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
>:

> Yes.
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 5:18 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > P538.38-539.3   “Cambridge personality Bertie (‘Mad Dog’) Russell
> > observed,” observed Barry Nebulay, “that most of Hegel’s arguments come
> > down to puns on the word ‘is.’ In that sense the thing about a Quaternion
> > ‘is’ is that we’re obliged to encounter it in more than one guise.  As a
> > vector quotient. As a way of plotting complex numbers along three axes
> > instead of two. As a list of instructions for turning one vector into
> > another.”
> >
> > So in this sentence, the word "Quaternion" is supposed to be a modifier
> for
> > the word " 'is' ", is that correct?
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