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All the ideas for 'Cours d'Analyse', 'Vague Identity: Evans misunderstood' and 'De primae philosophiae emendatione'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals
18085 Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits
18084 When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
16458 Semantic vagueness involves alternative and equal precisifications of the language [Lewis]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
12716 The concept of forces or powers best reveals the true concept of substance [Leibniz]