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First, then, let us inquire if the units are associable or inassociable,
and if inassociable, in which of the two ways we distinguished. |
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But (2) if the units are inassociable, and inassociable in the sense
that any is inassociable with any other, number of this sort cannot
be mathematical number; |
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Again, besides the 3-itself and the 2-itself how can there be other
3's and
2's? |
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If the units, then, are differentiated, each from each, these results
and others similar to these follow of necessity. |
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Again, as to the 2 being an entity apart from its two units, and
the 3 an entity apart from its three units, how is this possible? |
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Again, some things are one by contact, some by intermixture, some
by position; |
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But this consequence also we must not forget, that it follows that
there are prior and posterior 2 and similarly with the other numbers. |
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In general, to differentiate the units in any way is an absurdity
and a fiction; |
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Again, if every unit + another unit makes two, a unit from the 2-itself
and one from the 3-itself will make a 2. |
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If the number of the 3-itself is not greater than that of the 2,
this is surprising; |
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Nor will the Ideas be numbers. |
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