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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Universal Arithmetick' and 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic

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A number is not a multitude, but a unified ratio between quantities [Newton]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

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Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]