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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

18091	Infinitesimals are ghosts of departed quantities [Berkeley]
	Full Idea: The infinitesimals are the ghosts of departed quantities.
	From: George Berkeley (The Analyst [1734]), quoted by David Bostock - Philosophy of Mathematics 4.3
	A reaction: [A famous phrase, but as yet no context for it]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]
	Full Idea: In singing and playing the lyre, a boy will be likely to reveal not only courage and moderation, but also justice.
	From: Damon (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE], B4), quoted by (who?) - where?

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Eurytus assigned numbers to things by taking some pebbles and using them to create likeness of the shapes of living things, such as a man or a horse.
	From: report of Eurytus (fragments/reports [c.400 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1092b
	A reaction: Pythagorean. Digitising reality.