6 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
3340 | Von Neumann defines each number as the set of all smaller numbers [Neumann, by Blackburn] |
3355 | Von Neumann wanted mathematical functions to replace sets [Neumann, by Benardete,JA] |
22716 | Von Neumann defined ordinals as the set of all smaller ordinals [Neumann, by Poundstone] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
4422 | The end need not be the goal, as in the playing of a melody (and yet it must be completed) [Nietzsche] |