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All the ideas for 'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics', 'Intro to 'Rationality in Greek Thought'' and 'De aequopollentia causae et effectus'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
23249 The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M]
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 8. Theories in Logic
17807 To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism
17806 It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
17808 Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
12735 Everything has a fixed power, as required by God, and by the possibility of reasoning [Leibniz]