Yes, that�s right - but they were not numbers. And numbers are not that nebulous - I am not against numbers at all. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 30. joulukuuta 2002 22:36 Aihe: Re: Vs: Vs: Numbers and the Golden Section >"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". > > >>-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- >>L�hett�j�: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>P�iv�: 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. >>> >>> >>>>-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- >>>>L�hett�j�: John Whicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>P�iv�: 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 >>>>> >>>
