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All the ideas for 'Chomsky on himself', 'fragments/reports' and 'works'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets
For Zermelo's set theory the empty set is zero and the successor of each number is its unit set [Zermelo, by Blackburn]
Zermelo made 'set' and 'member' undefined axioms [Zermelo, by Chihara]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]
23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 2. Hedonism
All inventions of the mind aim at pleasure, and those that don't are worthless [Metrodorus of Lamp., by Plutarch]