Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Simone de Beauvoir and Karl Weierstrass

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5 ideas

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

18086

Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher]

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

18092

Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock]

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

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

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

20761

If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning [Beauvoir]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism

20746

One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir]