6 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
18086 | Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher] |
18092 | Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
1590 | The just man does not harm his enemies, but benefits everyone [Plato] |