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Ideas for 'teaching', 'Truthmakers and Converse Barcan Formula' and 'Posterior Analytics'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

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Mathematics is concerned with forms, not with superficial properties [Aristotle]

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

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The essence of a triangle comes from the line, mentioned in any account of triangles [Aristotle]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / m. One

7485	For Pythagoreans 'one' is not a number, but the foundation of numbers [Pythagoras, by Watson]

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

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A unit is what is quantitatively indivisible [Aristotle]