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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
1518
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Everything must involve numbers, or it couldn't be thought about or known [Philolaus]
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1519
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Harmony must pre-exist the cosmos, to bring the dissimilar sources together [Philolaus]
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473
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There is no falsehood in harmony and number, only in irrational things [Philolaus]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
1748
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Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
469
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Existing things, and hence the Cosmos, are a mixture of the Limited and the Unlimited [Philolaus]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical
476
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Self-created numbers make the universe stable [Philolaus]
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