8 ideas
3340 | Von Neumann defines each number as the set of all smaller numbers [Neumann, by Blackburn] |
3355 | Von Neumann wanted mathematical functions to replace sets [Neumann, by Benardete,JA] |
22716 | Von Neumann defined ordinals as the set of all smaller ordinals [Neumann, by Poundstone] |
18528 | The single imagined 'interval' between things only exists in the intellect [Auriol] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
16589 | Prime matter lacks essence, but is only potentially and indeterminately a physical thing [Auriol] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
16651 | God can do anything non-contradictory, as making straightness with no line, or lightness with no parts [Auriol] |