Full Idea
They say that the unit [monada] is the starting point of number (and the point the starting-point of a line).
Gist of Idea
Unit is the starting point of number
Source
Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 108b30)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics and Topica', ed/tr. Tredennick,H/Forster,ES [Harvard 1960], p.329
A Reaction
Yes, despite Frege's objections in the early part of the 'Grundlagen' (1884). I take arithmetic to be rooted in counting, despite all abstract definitions of number by Frege and Dedekind. Identity gives the unit, which is countable. See also Topics 141b9