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Single Idea 19597

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 8. Logic of Mathematics ]

Full Idea

Ought not logic, the theory of relations, be applied to mathematics?

Gist of Idea

Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics

Source

Novalis (Logological Fragments II [1798], 38)

Book Ref

Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.162

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A Reaction

Bolzano was 19 when his was written. I presume Novalis would have been excited by set theory (even though he was a hyper-romantic).