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Re:Why I Majored in Philosophy Despite Everyone Telling Me N... by szemet on Thursday September 15, 2016 @02:51AM (#12503957)
Axioms are chosen so that they are evident a priori

Wonder why it took 2000 years to came up with alternatives to the 5th postulate, if all three variants (Euclidean, elliptic, hyperbolic) is so evident apriori?

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