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Article #1358Re: Another flame from greg
From: Mark William Hopkins
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1988 01:32
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1988 01:32
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In article <1805@mind.UUCP> greg@mind.UUCP (greg Nowak) writes: >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. One thing confuses me: I thought the Devil was Christian.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!gatech!bbn!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!markh From: markh@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mark William Hopkins) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Another flame from greg Summary: Unexpected diversions on "hot" topics Keywords: Them damned infinities: works of the devil to confuse us all! Message-ID: <4579@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 88 01:32:17 GMT References: <8712271042.AA00969@garnet.berkeley.edu> <264@pedsga.UUCP> <24268@linus.UUCP> <1805@mind.UUCP> Sender: daemon@uwmcsd1.UUCP Reply-To: markh@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mark William Hopkins) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 13