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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'fragments/reports' and 'On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense'

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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]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

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Leaves are unequal, but we form the concept 'leaf' by discarding their individual differences [Nietzsche]

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]