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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

18091	Infinitesimals are ghosts of departed quantities [Berkeley]
	Full Idea: The infinitesimals are the ghosts of departed quantities.
	From: George Berkeley (The Analyst [1734]), quoted by David Bostock - Philosophy of Mathematics 4.3
	A reaction: [A famous phrase, but as yet no context for it]