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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

24023	All the sciences searching for order and measure are related to mathematics [Descartes]
	Full Idea: I have discovered that all the sciences which have as their aim the search for order and measure are related to mathematics.
	From: René Descartes (Rules for the Direction of the Mind [1628], 04)
	A reaction: Note that he sound a more cautious note than Galileo's famous remark. It leaves room for biology to still be a science, even when it fails to be mathematical.

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
	Full Idea: Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless.
	From: report of Archelaus (fragments/reports [c.450 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.3