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4. Formal Logic / B. Propositional Logic PL / 2. Tools of Propositional Logic / e. Axioms of PL
In mathematics certain things have to be accepted without further explanation [Plato]
     Full Idea: The practitioners of maths take certain things as basic, and feel no further need to explain them.
     From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 510c)