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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Against Dryness: a polemical sketch' and 'Foundations of Geometry'

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
13472 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]
18742 Hilbert's formalisation revealed implicit congruence axioms in Euclid [Hilbert, by Horsten/Pettigrew]
18217 Hilbert's geometry is interesting because it captures Euclid without using real numbers [Hilbert, by Field,H]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
20765 Man is a brave naked will, separate from a background of values and realities [Murdoch]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]