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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

3648	Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon]

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]