Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Ralph Waldo Emerson

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4 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
6558 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds [Emerson]
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]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
6005 Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]