Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Anon (Dan) and Augustin-Louis Cauchy

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

18085

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

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

18084

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

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

7482	Resurrection developed in Judaism as a response to martyrdoms, in about 160 BCE [Anon (Dan), by Watson]