Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Benjamin Constant, Peter B. Lewis and Karl Weierstrass

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

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Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher]

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

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Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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Fichte, Schelling and Hegel rejected transcendental idealism [Lewis,PB]

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Fichte, Hegel and Schelling developed versions of Absolute Idealism [Lewis,PB]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism

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Liberty is the triumph of the individual, over both despotic government and enslaving majorities [Constant]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / c. Liberal equality

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Minority rights are everyone's rights, because we all have turns in the minority [Constant]