Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Jeffrey H. Sicha and Oscar Wilde

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers

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The essence of natural numbers must reflect all the functions they perform [Sicha]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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To know how many, you need a numerical quantifier, as well as equinumerosity [Sicha]

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Counting puts an initial segment of a serial ordering 1-1 with some other entities [Sicha]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art

7276	All art is quite useless [Wilde]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

7274	Books are only well or badly written, not moral or immoral [Wilde]

7275	Having ethical sympathies is a bad mannerism of style in an artist [Wilde]