Arithmetic must be discovered in just the same sense in which Columbus…

Bertrand Russell
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Arithmetic must be discovered in just the same sense in which Columbus discovered the West Indies, and we no more create numbers than he created the Indians. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Principles of Mathematics, p.457, Routledge
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Arithmetic must be discovered in just the same sense in which Columbus discovered the West Indies, and we no more create numbers than he created the Indians. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Principles of Mathematics, p.457, Routledge

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