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[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 5. Modern Philosophy / c. Modern philosophy mid-period ]

Full Idea

From Aristotle to Hegel, logic was the philosophical category of ontology's dominion over language. The mathematization of logic has authorized language to become that which seizes philosophy for itself.

Gist of Idea

In ontology, logic dominated language, until logic was mathematized

Source

Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998], 8)

Book Ref

Badiou,Alain: 'Briefings on Existence', ed/tr. Madarsz,Norman [SUNY 2006], p.110