Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Benjamin Constant, Xenophanes and Isaac Newton

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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Newton developed a kinematic approach to geometry [Newton, by Kitcher]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers

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We can talk of 'innumerable number', about the infinite points on a line [Newton]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Not all infinites are equal [Newton]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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Quantities and ratios which continually converge will eventually become equal [Newton]