Philosophical Way to God's Wisdom: Arithmetic and the Definitions of a Number in Early Medieval Texts

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Philosophical Way to God's Wisdom: Arithmetic and the Definitions of a Number in Early Medieval Texts

Original language description

The paper deals with early medieval mathematics (mainly arithmetic) and presents mathematical knowledge as an important tool for human way to God's wisdom. The aim of this paper is focused on the definitions of the subject of arithmetic in early medieval texts created between the late 4th and early 7th century. The aim is to highlight the fact that the traditional definitions of a number (i.e., the subject of arithmetic) correspond with appropriate topics which exist within arithmetic. If a number is characterised as a discrete quantity, it reflects the classification and typological surveys of the mathematical properties of numbers. If a number is defined as a collection of units, this definition refers to the issue of figural numbers, whereas if the number is marked as the quantity that emerges and then returns to the unit, it is possible to detect the themes of numerical sequences and ratios, including their transfers.

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-11657S" target="_blank" >GA17-11657S: Philosophy and Numbers in the Latin Pre-Scholastic Thinking</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archiwum Historii Filozofii i Myśli Społecznej

ISSN

0066-6874

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Volume of the periodical

62

Issue of the periodical within the volume

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Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

55-69

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