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Ideas for 'works', 'Concepts and Counting' and 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units

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Unity is something shared by many things, so in that respect they are equals [Descartes]

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I can only see the proportion of two to three if there is a common measure - their unity [Descartes]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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A single object must not be counted twice, which needs knowledge of distinctness (negative identity) [Rumfitt]