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Common terms and phrasesabstract actual afford analysis appearances argument aspects assertion assume assumption atomic facts belief belongs Bergson called causal laws cause colour confine consider consists continuity correlation defined definition desire different difficulties doctrine effect empirical equal event evolutionism example existence experience find finite numbers first Frege Georg Cantor given Hegel hypothesis imagination important impossible induction inferred infinite collection infinite number intuition justification kind knowledge known lecture Leibniz less mathematical mathematical induction mathematical logic matter means merely method motion nature number of points number of terms objects of sense Parmenides perspective space philosophy physics points and instants possible premisses principle priori problem propositions prove Pythagoras question reality reason regard relation Rorarius scientific sensation sense-data sensible objects simultaneous Socrates square sufficient supposed symmetrical relation theory thing thought tion touch traditional true truth verifiable whole wholly precedes words world of sense Zeno Zeno’s Bibliographic information
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