"Raimo Korhonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Not far off - but Plato´s theory was about ideas of things, not numbers.
Ah no! Plato's theory was about ideas *themselves*! Foremost among them, the idea of "good", whch is just about as nebulous as the idea of "number" or "mathematics". >-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- >Lähettäjä: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Päivä: 30. joulukuuta 2002 21:22 >Aihe: Re: Vs: Numbers and the Golden Section > > >>"Raimo Korhonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Here we go again - another Pythagorean. >> >>Hmm, I would have said Platonist. >> >> >>>-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- >>>Lähettäjä: John Whicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Päivä: 30. joulukuuta 2002 20:22 >>>Aihe: Re: Numbers and the Golden Section >>> >>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:16 PM >>>>Subject: Re: Numbers and the Golden Section >>>> >>>> >>>>> Nope. Its absolutely clear what I mean. There is nothing philosophical >>>>about >>>>> it. I hold that Mathematics is an invention of man. >>>> >>>> >>>>Hi Don, >>>> >>>>Mathematics was not *invented* by Man. >>>> >>>>It was *discovered*. >>>> >>>> >>>>Best regards, >>>> >>>>John >>>> >> >>-- >>Mark Roberts >>Photography and writing >>www.robertstech.com >> -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
