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Ideas for 'teaching', 'Enquiry Conc Human Understanding' and 'Letter to Frege 29.12.1899'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

2195	We can discover some laws of nature, but never its ultimate principles and causes [Hume]

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

375	When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato]

638	Pythagoreans define timeliness, justice and marriage in terms of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]

644	For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]

553	Pythagoreans think mathematical principles are the principles of all of nature [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]

554	Pythagoreans say things imitate numbers, but Plato says things participate in numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]