15 ideas
15717 | Using Choice, you can cut up a small ball and make an enormous one from the pieces [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15712 | 1 and 0, then add for naturals, subtract for negatives, divide for rationals, take roots for irrationals [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15711 | The rationals are everywhere - the irrationals are everywhere else [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15714 | 'Commutative' laws say order makes no difference; 'associative' laws say groupings make no difference [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15715 | 'Distributive' laws say if you add then multiply, or multiply then add, you get the same result [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
5062 | First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
19377 | A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz] |
19353 | 'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz] |
15713 | The first million numbers confirm that no number is greater than a million [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5061 | Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
5063 | Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |