Every whole [natural] number is detached from the others, it possesses its own individuality
Every whole [natural] number is detached from the others, it possesses its own individuality To my mind, however, this viewpoint omits the fourth, irrational, “just-so-ness” of individual natural integers. This element has certainly been recognized time and again, but no one quite knows what to make of it. Henri Poincare, for instance, says: “Every whole … Read more