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Full Idea
The reason for saying of each number that it is many is just that it is ones and that each number is measured by the one.
Gist of Idea
Each many is just ones, and is measured by the one
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1056b16)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.304
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| 17843 | The idea of 'one' is the foundation of number [Aristotle] |
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| 10205 | Mathematics originally concerned the continuous (geometry) and the discrete (arithmetic) [Shapiro] |
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