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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

13472	Hilbert aimed to eliminate number from geometry [Hilbert, by Hart,WD]
	Full Idea: One of Hilbert's aims in 'The Foundations of Geometry' was to eliminate number [as measure of lengths and angles] from geometry.
	From: report of David Hilbert (Foundations of Geometry [1899]) by William D. Hart - The Evolution of Logic 2
	A reaction: Presumably this would particularly have to include the elimination of ratios (rather than actual specific lengths).