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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 Ref
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).
19586 | Philosophers feed on problems, hoping they are digestible, and spiced with paradox [Novalis] |
19587 | Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system [Novalis] |
19588 | The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity [Novalis] |
19597 | Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics [Novalis] |
19598 | Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete [Novalis] |