Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Tim Bayne, George Cantor and Proclus

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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
Cantor says (vaguely) that we abstract numbers from equal sized sets [Hart,WD on Cantor]
We form the image of a cardinal number by a double abstraction, from the elements and from their order [Cantor]