5 ideas
17743 | De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki] |
6408 | Russell needed three extra axioms to reduce maths to logic: infinity, choice and reducibility [Grayling] |
6414 | Two propositions might seem self-evident, but contradict one another [Grayling] |
23812 | Force is what turns man into a thing, and ultimately into a corpse [Weil] |
23813 | Only people who understand force, and don't respect it, are capable of justice [Weil] |