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All the ideas for '27: Book of Daniel', 'Continuity and Irrational Numbers' and 'Sententia on 'De Caelo''

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy aims to know the truth about the way things are [Aquinas]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts

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A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic

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Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

7482	Resurrection developed in Judaism as a response to martyrdoms, in about 160 BCE [Anon (Dan), by Watson]