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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers
An ordinal is an equivalence class of well-orderings, or a transitive set whose members are transitive [Wolf,RS]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units
Counting needs unities, but that doesn't mean they exist; we borrowed it from the concept of 'I' [Nietzsche]