Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Claude Lvi-Strauss and Augustin-Louis Cauchy

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 4. Linguistic Structuralism

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Basic to human culture are binary oppositions, such as eating raw or cooked [Levi-Strauss, by Green,TH]

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

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

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

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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]