5 ideas
20183 | So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen] |
18085 | Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy] |
18084 | When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy] |
20182 | The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen] |
3029 | Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius] |