Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Friedrich Nietzsche and Augustin-Louis Cauchy

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers

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Numbers enable us to manage the world - to the limits of counting [Nietzsche]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units

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We need 'unities' for reckoning, but that does not mean they exist [Nietzsche]

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

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Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy]