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All the ideas for 'Foundations of Geometry', 'Some Main Problems of Philosophy' and 'Letters to a Young Clergyman'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

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The main aim of philosophy is to describe the whole Universe. [Moore,GE]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

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You can't reason someone out of an irrational opinion [Swift]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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Hilbert aimed to eliminate number from geometry [Hilbert, by Hart,WD]

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

9546	Euclid axioms concerns possibilities of construction, but Hilbert's assert the existence of objects [Hilbert, by Chihara]

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Hilbert's formalisation revealed implicit congruence axioms in Euclid [Hilbert, by Horsten/Pettigrew]

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Hilbert's geometry is interesting because it captures Euclid without using real numbers [Hilbert, by Field,H]