Parmenides, Anaximander, Hilbert, the Fifth Postulate
Axioms and self-evidence. Euclid's fifth postulate. Non-Euclidean geometry and the difference between infinite and unbounded space. Anaximander and Parmenides, and the principle of sufficient reason.
Parmenides, Anaximander, Hilbert, the Fifth Postulate
Axioms and self-evidence. Euclid's fifth postulate. Non-Euclidean geometry and the difference between infinite and unbounded space. Anaximander and Parmenides, and the principle of sufficient reason.