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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Sources of Knowledge of Mathematics' and 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
Late in life Frege abandoned logicism, and saw the source of arithmetic as geometrical [Frege, by Chihara]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]