Infinity: An Essay in MetaphysicsClarendon Press, 1964 - 289 pagina's |
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Pagina 190
... counting , but they rarely had any occasion to count beyond 100. Ancient records were on hand to prove that the highest that anyone had ever counted , in all the recorded history of the tribe , was to the number 488. This number was ...
... counting , but they rarely had any occasion to count beyond 100. Ancient records were on hand to prove that the highest that anyone had ever counted , in all the recorded history of the tribe , was to the number 488. This number was ...
Pagina 191
... count the stones in the valley . I am afraid , ' added the priest with a supercilious smile , ' you will find this task somewhat more difficult than merely counting beyond 488. ' Our hero was not unprepared for this challenge . ' I am ...
... count the stones in the valley . I am afraid , ' added the priest with a supercilious smile , ' you will find this task somewhat more difficult than merely counting beyond 488. ' Our hero was not unprepared for this challenge . ' I am ...
Pagina 206
... years which would be required for a god - again counting at the rate of one number per second to count one by one all the way up to 1063 . Although 1063 remains uncountable in the proto - sense , 206 CONCEPT - FORMATION.
... years which would be required for a god - again counting at the rate of one number per second to count one by one all the way up to 1063 . Although 1063 remains uncountable in the proto - sense , 206 CONCEPT - FORMATION.
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INFINITY | 1 |
HYPERMATHEMATICS | 72 |
COSMOLOGY I | 102 |
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