Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Analyst' and 'Mathematical Physics'

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4 ideas

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

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Infinitesimals are ghosts of departed quantities [Berkeley]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9567	Maths deals with quantities of physical significance, ignoring irrelevant features [Geroch]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]