عنوان

The metaphysical principles of the infinitesimal calculus /

(Number (ISBN

090058808X (cloth : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

0900588128 (alk. paper)

Number

b499848

Title Proper

The metaphysical principles of the infinitesimal calculus /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Rene Guenon ; translated by Henry D. Fohr ; edited by Samuel D. Fohr.

Edition Statement

1st English ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Hillsdale, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Sophia Perennis,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

132 p. ;

Dimensions

23 cm.

Series Title

Collected works of Rene Guenon

Text of Note

Includes index.

Text of Note

Infinite & indefinite -- The contradiction of 'infinite number' -- The innumerable multitude -- The measurement 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 -- Continuity & 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 -- Successive differentiations -- Various orders of indefinitude -- The indefinite is analytically inexhaustible -- The synthetic character of integration -- The arguments of Zeno of Elea -- The true conception of 'passage to the limit'.

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General Material Designation

Principes du calcul infinitésimal.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Calculus.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Guénon, René.

Date of Transaction

20041005150732.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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