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Re:Henri Bergson’s debate with Albert Einstein swayed the 19... by eru on Saturday May 07, 2016 @05:49AM (#11648991)
The debate about angels dancing on pins was about whether you could fit a finite number or an infinite number.

We can decipher a lot of great thought, even from before 1850.

Reach eg Archimedes' "The Sand Reckoner" (http://euclid.trentu.ca/math/sb/3810H/Fall-2009/The-Sand-Rec...).

Some meta-information about it at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand_Reckoner

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