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Ideas for 'Individuals without Sortals', 'works' 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 / d. Counting via concepts

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Counting 'coin in this box' may have coin as the unit, with 'in this box' merely as the scope [Ayers]

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If counting needs a sortal, what of things which fall under two sortals? [Ayers]