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15717 | Using Choice, you can cut up a small ball and make an enormous one from the pieces [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15712 | 1 and 0, then add for naturals, subtract for negatives, divide for rationals, take roots for irrationals [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15711 | The rationals are everywhere - the irrationals are everywhere else [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15714 | 'Commutative' laws say order makes no difference; 'associative' laws say groupings make no difference [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15715 | 'Distributive' laws say if you add then multiply, or multiply then add, you get the same result [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
15713 | The first million numbers confirm that no number is greater than a million [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |