The Principles of Mathematics (1903)

Chapter XVII. Infinite Wholes
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Chapter XVII. Infinite Wholes

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  1. § 140. Infinite aggregates must be admitted
  2. § 141. Infinite unities, if there are any, are unknown to us
  3. § 142. Are all infinite wholes aggregates of terms?
  4. § 143. Grounds in favour of this view

§ 140 n. 1. A part in this sense will also be sometimes called a simple or indivisible part. ↩

§ 140 n. 2. Cf. Phil. Werke, ed. Gerhardt, II, p. 315; also I, p. 338, V, pp. 144–5. ↩

§ 141 n. 1. In Leibniz's philosophy, all contingent things are infinite unities. ↩

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