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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Cours d'Analyse' and 'Principles of Theoretical Logic'

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4. Formal Logic / C. Predicate Calculus PC / 1. Predicate Calculus PC

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The first clear proof of the consistency of the first order predicate logic was in 1928 [Hilbert/Ackermann, by Walicki]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

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Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]