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To: RightWhale
Math is something men have, it defines man. It is the ability to learn. It was required of those wishing to enter Plato's Academy.

No, it's not. Most people don't know any math above arithmetic. And Plato is dead. Math has evolved over the ages.

157 posted on 06/09/2003 6:15:07 PM PDT by Consort
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To: Consort
Most people don't know any math above arithmetic.

Well, there you are. Most people weren't qualified to enter Plato's Academy, either. The arithmetic of those days was puny: they didn't have the zero. The zero was invented in India and adopted by the Arabs, and didn't reach Europe until 800 AD or so. But their math was pretty good even if not common.

173 posted on 06/09/2003 6:51:48 PM PDT by RightWhale (gazing at shadows)
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