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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

18760	The culmination of Euclidean geometry was axioms that made all models isomorphic [McGee]
	Full Idea: One of the culminating achievements of Euclidean geometry was categorical axiomatisations, that describe the geometric structure so completely that any two models of the axioms are isomorphic. The axioms are second-order.
	From: Vann McGee (Logical Consequence [2014], 7)
	A reaction: [He cites Veblen 1904 and Hilbert 1903] For most mathematicians, categorical axiomatisation is the best you can ever dream of (rather than a single true axiomatisation).