Metaphysical Principles Of The Infinitesimal Calculus
\ Rene Guenon
; translated by Henry D. Fohr ; edited by Samuel D. Fohr.
Hillsdale, NY
: Sophia Perennis
, 2004
132 p
Collected works of Rene Guenon
Principes du calcul infinitésimal
Index
Infinite & indefinite -- The contradiction of 'infinite number' -- The innumerable multitude -- The of the continuous -- Questions raised by the intinitesimal method -- The 'well-founded fictions' --'Degrees of infinity' -- 'Infinite division' or indefinite divisibility -- Indefinitely increasing & indefinitely decreasing -- Infinite & continuous -- The 'law of continuity' -- The notion of the limit -- & passage to the limit -- The 'vanishing quantities' -- Zero is not a number -- The notation of negative numbers -- Representation of the equilibrium of forces -- Variable & fixed quantities -- -- Various orders of indefinitude -- The is analytically inexhaustible -- The synthetic character of integration -- The arguments of Zeno of Elea -- The true conception of'passage to the limit'