Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Eurytus

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

18085

Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy]

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

18084

When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle]