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Article #1357Another flame from greg
From: greg Nowak
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1988 01:46
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1988 01:46
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In article <24268@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix (Barry Kort) writes:
}In article <264@pedsga.UUCP> lae@pedsga.UUCP (Leslie Ellis) writes:
}>>The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make
}>>empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have
}>>made a covenant with the Devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in
}>>the bonds of Hell ... --Saint Augustine (heh heh heh)
}
}I bet he was being prophetic about Georg Cantor.
How times change. Hilbert said Cantor gave us Paradise.
--
greg
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!mind!greg From: greg@mind.UUCP (greg Nowak) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Another flame from greg Keywords: Them damned infinities. Message-ID: <1805@mind.UUCP> Date: 13 Feb 88 01:46:39 GMT References: <8712271042.AA00969@garnet.berkeley.edu> <264@pedsga.UUCP> <24268@linus.UUCP> Reply-To: greg@mind.UUCP (greg Nowak) Organization: Cabal of Fools Lines: 15