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Plato and Mathematics
In Hugh H. Benson, A Companion to Plato. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 228–243 (2008)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction: Mathematics and Philosophers – Plato, in Particular Mathematics and the Training of the Soul To Pythagoreanize or Not To Pythagoreanize Pythagoreanized Meta‐Mathematics and Ancient Mathematical Practice Mathematical Ontology Conclusion.Other Versions
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