Full Idea
Ought not logic, the theory of relations, be applied to mathematics?
Gist of Idea
Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics
Source
Novalis (Logological Fragments II [1798], 38)
Book Reference
Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.162
A Reaction
Bolzano was 19 when his was written. I presume Novalis would have been excited by set theory (even though he was a hyper-romantic).