4 ideas
10855 | Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |