11 ideas
| 10185 | Set theory is the standard background for modern mathematics [Burgess] |
| 10184 | Structuralists take the name 'R' of the reals to be a variable ranging over structures, not a structure [Burgess] |
| 10189 | There is no one relation for the real number 2, as relations differ in different models [Burgess] |
| 10186 | If set theory is used to define 'structure', we can't define set theory structurally [Burgess] |
| 10187 | Abstract algebra concerns relations between models, not common features of all the models [Burgess] |
| 10188 | How can mathematical relations be either internal, or external, or intrinsic? [Burgess] |
| 7506 | God made man in his own image [Anon (Tor)] |
| 13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
| 16782 | The names of all the types of creature were given forever by Adam [Anon (Tor)] |
| 20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
| 4013 | And God saw the light, that it was good [Anon (Tor)] |