more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
The Axiom of Archimedes asserts that, given any two magnitudes of a kind, some finite multiple of the lesser exceeds the greater.
Gist of Idea
Axiom of Archimedes: a finite multiple of a lesser magnitude can always exceed a greater
Source
Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903], §168 n*)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Principles of Mathematics' [Routledge 1992], p.181