5 ideas
18085 | Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy] |
18084 | When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
651 | Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |