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All the ideas for 'works', 'Dialogue on human freedom and origin of evil' and 'Continuity and Irrational Numbers'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
13163 Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers
17611 We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts
10572 A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic
17612 Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits
18087 If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate
13162 Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy
16713 Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
6610 I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
13164 God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz]
19339 Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz]