What eighteenth-century mathematician, speaking of the positional principle, said "the idea is so simple that this very simplicity is the reason for our not being sufficiently aware of how much attention it deserves?

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What eighteenth-century mathematician, speaking of the positional principle, said "the idea is so simple that this very simplicity is the reason for our not being sufficiently aware of how much attention it deserves?

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Dallas Kemp · Answer 1

Pierre-Simon Laplace is attributed with saying, "the idea is so simple, that this very simplicity is the reason for our not being sufficiently aware of how much attention (or admiration) it deserves.