...of the words, but if I changed the reasoning in any sense it was done inadvertantly. The author said ''For since the debt is halved at every payment, if...be equal to the whole of it, which is impossible." I said, "Since the remainder is halved, if there was any movement that would overcome the entire remainder,...

...of the words, but if I changed the reasoning in any sense it was done inadvertantly. The author said "For since the debt is halved at every payment, if...whole remaining debt, the half of a thing would be final to the whole of it, which is impossible." J said, "Since the remainder is halved, if there was...

...payment he would discharge one-half the remaining debt. Now there are two propositions to be understood in reference to this subject. I. The entire debt can...assignable limit by continuing to pay half of it. For, however small the debt may be made, another payment will make it smaller by one-half; hence there...

...years ago. If half a debt is paid, then half the remaining debt, and so on, Simon Newcomb argued that " since the debt is halved at every payment, if there...the whole remaining debt, the half of a thing would equal the whole of it which is impossible." "This is fallacious by proving too much," says De Volson...